This post isn't in response to any one poster, but just a general post in this thread.

The point has been made that the world is worse off now than at any time in the past, that we're in the "last days". But is the world at large worse off than it has been in the past? Is it worse off than it was during the time of the flood? Or is it worse off than it was during the days that Israel rebelled against the Lord God and the people sacrificed their children to pagan gods and participated in every sort of lewd act? Or is it worse that the Assyrians, the Babylonians, or Persians? Is it worse than the corrupt Romans whose emperors slept with their own mothers, daughters, and sisters at times?

I don't think anyone who gives a serious thought can think this. I have to believe that the world is much better off now with almost 2 billion christians and the gospel preached throughout the nations than it was when 70 met together at Pentecost in an upper room and the rest of the world was in darkness. Just because this nation is crumbling doesn't mean the world will soon end. God can destroy the US and raise up 10 tomorrow. History doesn't hinge on the US.

And as far as the US being a Christian nation? Yes, this nation was founded, for the most part, by very godly men who served our Lord faithfully. But you would think if it were a christian nation somewhere in our documents our founders would have stated that. There is only ONE nation in the entire world that proclaims itself a Christian nation in its Constitution and where would that nation be?.....Africa.

"We the people," begins the Zambian constitution's preamble. It sounds familiar to Americans, but a few words later is a phrase that American Christians haven't ever heard: "declare the Republic a Christian nation while upholding the right of every person to enjoy that person's freedom of conscience or religion."

Now our fouders could have very easily declared this land a christian nation, but for some reason didn't.....