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Southwest Radio Ministries: Welcome to Watchman on the Wall, a daily outreach of Southwest Radio Ministries and swrc.com. God is still on the throne and prayer changes things. Today, Josh Davis and Donald Perkins continue their conversation about America's place in Bible prophecy.

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Donald Perkins is back with us today as he continues his fascinating discussion with Josh Davis on one of the most frequently asked questions in Bible prophecy: Is America found in Scripture's prophetic timeline? Don't miss part two of this timely and thought-provoking conversation.

Josh Davis: Greetings, friends. Today, we're going to rejoin with evangelist Donald Perkins as he continues exploring America in Bible prophecy. Now, on today's segment from Brother Perkins, we're going to hear where America is as the many sins of this land are reaching to God and the judgment of God that must soon come upon sin.

But Brother Perkins doesn't leave us with the negative; he gives us hope. What is the hope for this nation? Can America experience God's mercy in spite of our numerous sins? That's the message that we will hear uninterrupted today from evangelist Don Perkins. I want to remind you that the audio that you'll hear from Brother Perkins is from a DVD teaching called *America in Bible Prophecy*. And so, without interrupting his message today, I'd like to tell you that you can get a copy of what you're going to hear by ordering it on our website swrc.com or give us a call at 1-800-652-1144. Here is Brother Perkins explaining where America is currently and the hope that we have through God's amazing mercy and grace.

Donald Perkins: Our history is littered with God, littered with the founding of the Bible as a part of our culture and a part of America. But something has happened: the sins of a nation reaching unto heaven. I'm going to talk about this because this really breaks my heart as I look at what is happening in the nation.

I want to start with a quote here from Dr. David Reagan from a book called *American Suicide*. Here you have Uncle Sam, he has a 9-millimeter pistol to his head, and on the pistol is written the word "Humanism." Dr. Reagan asserts the brutal fact that our nation has turned its back on the one who has blessed us so abundantly. He contends that our fundamental problem is not systematic racism; rather, it is systematic godlessness. We are a nation that has forgotten God. The consequences are apostate churches and a society consumed with immorality and violence.

He goes on to say Dr. Reagan shares from the Scriptures how God deals with a nation He has blessed that turns against Him. America has crossed the point of no return and is thus on a path to self-destruction. Just look around you. Look at what is happening to our nation. God is giving us leaders that the nation wants. God is allowing this nation to implode on itself, and history is littered with nations that have fallen—not from enemies, but from within. We are literally experiencing this today.

Quoting from the book *Is God on America's Side?* quoting Dr. Erwin Lutzer with the subject that says "The Banished God Retreats." After 9/11, God was allowed off the reservation for a few months to fulfill His responsibility to bless us. But once our nation felt secure again, God was safely tucked away. Church attendance declined, and the so-called wall of separation of church and state was built a notch higher.

God is even less welcome now in the affairs of our public life than He was before 9/11. Many believe that 9/11 was a wake-up call to America. It was an alarm call. God was trying to shake us out of our lethargic state, and what we did was hit the snooze button and went back to sleep. We have created laws that are even worse than any laws on the books since 9/11. Our nation has done horrible things, and as a result of that, I believe the judgment of God is coming upon the land.

Look at Psalm 9:17: "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all nations that forget God." When a nation turns her back on God, the judgment of God comes upon that nation. Genesis 19 gives us an example of what God did to a nation that turned its back on God, and this is in the case of Lot. Lot was a righteous man, but the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah reached to heaven, and it got so bad that God had to deal with it.

Genesis 19:12-13 says, "And the men said unto Lot, 'Hast thou here any besides son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place. For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.'" These angels were sent on assignment by God to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. The Scripture also tells us that Sodom and Gomorrah were left as an example to those who would follow the way of Sodom and Gomorrah. Here, God said through these angels that the sin of Sodom reached to heaven, and therefore God sent these angels to judge Sodom's world.

Dr. Reagan said in his book *America the Beautiful* that when a nation walks in God's way, He prospers it with great leaders who provide freedom and prosperity. When a nation rebels against God's commandments, He places curses or remedial judgments upon the people. Deuteronomy 28 spells out a wide variety of these judgments, including such things as confusing government policies, economic weaknesses, rebellious youth, rapid diseases, crop failure, and an epidemic of divorce, foreign domination, and defeat in war. This is what's happening to America now. I believe the judgment of God has fallen upon America.

On January 22, 1973, the US Supreme Court affirmed the legality of a woman's right to have an abortion under the 14th Amendment and Constitution. Since that time, America has murdered over 58,586,206 babies. Now, we do know now that the Supreme Court has overthrown *Roe v. Wade*, but I want to tell you something: babies are still being murdered. God hates the murder of babies. God hates that because again, it's not what God required. God hates murder. We know based on the Scripture, the first murder in the Bible happened in the book of Genesis.

Genesis 4:9-10 says, "And the Lord said unto Cain, 'Where is Abel thy brother?' And he said, 'I know not. Am I my brother's keeper?' And He said, 'What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.'" God is hearing the blood of over 58 million babies, and America is going to answer for those murders. The Bible is clear that our judgment is coming. God is going to visit America's sin.

June 26, 2015, was a very sad day for America. It was the day our Supreme Court legalized gay marriages in America. The capital was lit with the colors of the rainbow in celebration of this decision. When that happened, my heart was grieved. I began to weep in my heart and spirit, saying, "Oh God, what are we doing here in America? We have put in our law books a marriage, a relationship that is contrary to God." A relationship that cannot produce life. Two men come together cannot make a baby. Two women come together cannot make a baby. Since then, it has gone even worse with all the different transgender movements. We are seeing the judgment of God being unleashed upon our nation.

Dr. Reagan made a very powerful statement that a lot of people don't like, but this statement is so powerful. Noting the date June 26, 2015, he said it is the date that should be put on the headstone of our nation because it is the date that America died. We have sealed our destruction. We are now a walking dead nation. We've put in the law books something that is contrary to God, contrary to the Scripture. God loves the sinner, no matter what sin—homosexuality, adultery, fornication, murder, whatever the sin—but when a nation elevates that sin or elevates that sin in its laws, then God's judgment literally comes and looms over a nation.

Noah Webster was the one with the first dictionary. This is from the *Merriam-Webster Dictionary* giving us the definition of marriage. It says, "The state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in the consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law." That's the normal definition. But then they've upgraded it. Number two, they said marriage is "the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of traditional marriage."

That is unbiblical. That's not the biblical definition of marriage. That's not what God designed. God made Adam and Eve, and He called their name Adam. God made them both: a man and a woman. That's the way God designed the family. There's no other way outside of that, but again, when a nation turns away from God, the judgment of God comes upon that nation. Our TV screen is littered with all the different types of programs like *Modern Family*. Transgenderism and all these different things are presented before us where it's making homosexuality and transgender life a norm. It is desensitizing America and the world, and I've got to tell you something: God's going to judge it.

Has America's judgment begun? I really believe that the judgment has begun. The Bible says in Romans 15:4, "For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope." God did not hide the sin of its leaders in the Old Testament. They were left there for an example of how God deals with those who rebel against God. We should learn by example what the Scripture gives of how God dealt with those who turned their back on him. The Bible said that we might learn that we might have patience and comfort through the Scriptures and that we might have hope. But again, America has not learned.

In the book of Jude 1:7-8, Jude wrote this: "Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities." God judged Sodom and Gomorrah because of their sin, and now America is doing a worse sin.

In the book of Isaiah 26:9, the Bible says, "With my soul have I desired Thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek Thee early. For when Thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness." See, God brings judgment to cause people to learn about His righteousness. I really believe that America is due for the judgment of God. I know that's a very hard statement to give, but the Bible commands us as the church to pray for those in authority that we might lead a quiet and peaceable life. A lot of us, sad to say, have our heads in the sand. We don't want to know what's going on, because if we don't know, then we don't have to be bothered with it. But again, if we don't pray for this nation and pray for the leaders, America is steadily turning away from God.

Proverbs 26:2 says, "As the bird by wandering, and as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come." The curse or the judgment of God does not come without a cause. Something causes the judgment of God. I believe what we have done in America is stoking the fire of God's judgment. We are poking God in His eye. We are mocking Him, and as a result, the judgment of God is coming in the land. Even our public schools, we have removed the Bible from the school, and as a result, something has replaced it.

This is from a book called *Public Education Against America* by Marlon Maddox. He said, "We discovered that students at the school were required to attend an intensive three-week course in Islam that mandated that they learn the tenets of Islam, study the important figures of the Muslim faith, wear a robe, and read verses from the Quran. They had to memorize 25 Islamic terms and learn six Islamic Arab phrases, 20 Islamic proverbs, and the five pillars of the faith. They also had to study 10 key Islamic prophets and disciples. The students also had to pick a Muslim name out of a list of 30 and go on a make-believe journey called the Hajj to Mecca."

This was in California school system. You remove the Ten Commandments out, you remove God out of it, you remove the Bible out, and it's going to be replaced with something else. This is from a book called *Across the Centuries*. This book here says, "From the beginning, you and your classmates will become Muslims. Dressing as Muslims and trying to be involved will increase your learning and enjoyment." *Across the Centuries* is the name of the textbooks used for the course, described as a social studies history book. It has been adopted by the California school system. This book here is dealing with Muslim, teaching American students in the school how to be Muslims.

You remove the Bible out, it's going to be replaced with something else. And again, this is part of the curriculum. The way I know about this is because in one of my Bible studies, a lady in my Bible study came to me and said, "Brother Perkins, my seventh-grade child is being taught Islam in school." They were taught how to recite the five pillars of the faith to become Muslims. They dress like Muslims. They were taught how to pray like Muslims. You can't pray like you normally pray in school like we used to pray in old days, but they're teaching these kids how to pray like the Muslims do. This is in California schools. We are living in some amazing times.

God judges a nation when they turn from God. When you have leaders that do things that are contrary to Him, God judges. 2 Kings 24:19 deals with Jehoiakim. He was a wicked ruler of Israel. It says, "And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done." 2 Chronicles 36:5 says Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 11 years in Jerusalem and did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God. He was the leader of Israel, so as a result of what he did, God judged Jehoiakim.

Daniel 1:1-2, this is when Israel went into Babylonian captivity. In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, came Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord gave Jehoiakim, king of Judah, into his hand with part of the vessels of the house of God, which he carried into the land of Shinar, or Babylon, to the house of his god. God judged Jehoiakim because Jehoiakim, what he did, he did that which was evil. We think that America is so great that we are a superpower nation that God would never judge us. Israel felt the same way until God judged them. God judged them because they turned their back on God. God judged them because they had wicked leaders.

Romans 1:18-20 says, "For the wrath of God," or the anger of God, "is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness. Because that which is known of God is made manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them. For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse." Romans 1 is so powerful, and I really believe that Romans 1 judgment has begun upon America. God is talking about He's been dealing with the nations, and God's creation testifies that He's God, but men don't want to keep God in their thinking.

In Romans 1:21-23, Paul wrote, "Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things." God is talking about what has happened to the nation when they turn a nation over to itself.

Romans 1:24-26 says, "Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves: who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this cause God gave them over unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature." We are seeing the judgment of God being unleashed on the nation. God is turning us over to the lusts and the sins that the nation wants. This is a judgment of God.

Romans 1:27-29 says, "And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers." God is judging the nation.

I believe what we're seeing is the judgment of God upon this great nation. Now, I don't want to leave you just there because there is hope for America. America's only hope is for God's mercy. 1 Timothy 2:1-2, Paul wrote, "I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty." Lord, I honor You, I glorify You, and I lift You up. I pray for those in authority, as Your word declares, that we might lead a quiet and peaceable life. Lord, I love You and I thank You this day for Your mercy. To us belong the judgments, but I cry out for mercy. We love You now and we thank You now, in Jesus' name, Amen.

Josh Davis: Amen, Brother Perkins. Thank you for sharing that powerful message that helps us to understand where America is in the eyes of Almighty God and what we as the church can and should do as we seek the face of God in prayer. Friends, we want to remind you that if you'd like to purchase this DVD, the audio of which you've been listening to portions of on yesterday's and today's program, it's called *America in Bible Prophecy*. It's available at swrc.com or by giving us a call at 1-800-652-1144. *America in Bible Prophecy* by evangelist Don Perkins.

Southwest Radio Ministries: Friends, if you've listened to Donald Perkins over the years, you know he has a unique ability to take some of the most challenging topics in Bible prophecy and make them clear, understandable, and deeply relevant to the days in which we're living. That's why I'm excited to tell you about the Donald Perkins Teaching Collection. This special set includes six outstanding DVDs. Whether you're trying to better understand God's prophetic plan, defend biblical truth, or simply grow in your faith, these messages will encourage and equip you. Donald teaches directly from Scripture, helping you connect the dots between Bible prophecy and today's headlines. I encourage you to get this collection for yourself and perhaps even a friend or family member who wants to learn more about God's Word and His plan for the future.

To order, call 1-800-652-1144 or visit swrc.com. Tomorrow, Vaughn Shatzer will share the true history of American education, so be sure to tune in. Watchman on the Wall is a production of Southwest Radio Ministries and is supported by faithful friends like you. To learn more, visit swrc.com.