How Much Time?

One hundred years ago, the Titanic, the ship considered by many in that day to be unsinkable, slipped beneath the surface of the North Atlantic; coming to rest in the murky abyss, two miles below.

In the 1997 movie “Titanic”, not long after the ship had ran afoul with the fateful iceberg, there is a short dialog between Thomas Andrews, the ships architect and designer, Bruce Ismay, chairman and managing director of the White Star Line, and the ship’s captain, Edward James Smith. It goes something like this:

Andrews: “The pumps buy you time, but minutes only. From this moment, no matter what we do, Titanic will founder”.

Ismay:  “But this ship can't sink”!

Andrews:  “She's made of iron, sir! I assure you, she can... and she will. It is a mathematical certainty”.

 Captain Smith:  “How much time”?

(Emphasis mine in each case)

This same dialog could be used to describe the state of our country today. The question is not if our nation will go under. The question now is when she will be swallowed up by the overwhelming waves of immorality and lasciviousness. The question is “How much time do we have?”

Much like those who believed the Titanic to be unsinkable, most today believe that it is impossible for our nation to “founder”. It seems we are living under the delusion that God will always bless this country simply for what we once were; for what our forefathers believed and established.  We have the errant assumption that since we use His name on occasion and stamp His name on our currency, He will acknowledge us, grant our every desire and show mercy for every abominable act of sin we perform.

On September 11, 2001, tragedy struck our nation on a scale that was never before witnessed on our shores. America began collectively to call upon God for His help. It seemed as if our country was again acknowledging our creator; that she was coming back to her foundational Christian roots. We heard prayer being offered via TV and radio, but sadly during all this, we never heard one utterance of repentance on our part; no sorrow for our sins; not even an indication that we may have erred in our lifestyles. Furthermore, in all the media covered prayers that were offered, God’s Son, Jesus Christ was never mentioned in any capacity.  Prayer was not offered in the Son’s name, which is the only prayer that will be recognized by God the Father. If we do not acknowledge His Son, we can never expect the Father to acknowledge us. But then again, for our country to acknowledge Jesus Christ would not be politically correct, since there are many religions in this great melting pot we call America.  Somehow, it had been forgotten that our nation was founded on Christianity and that the Bible was used for the pattern in establishing most of its original laws.  We need only look to our history books and to the professions of our founding fathers to understand this.

This is grievous that we should even consider thinking on such a level, but we need only to look at where our nation stands today (or should I say does not stand) on moral and biblical issues. She has turned her back on the Judeo-Christian teaching of our precious Bible and has gone her own way, following after the desires of her own heart.

And now the “leader” of our country has told us in so many words that he believes that there is no longer any sanctity in marriage.  He has taken the position that the Bible must have been in error all along; that man with man and woman with woman is now the way our country should go and that we all should be tolerant and make allowances for this to happen. This same “leader” at one time claimed Christianity, yet his views are as far from biblical teaching as the east is from the west. Since the sole purpose for his being is his own political gain, there is no room for any religion, much less a Christian agenda.

The Bible teaches us to pray for those in leadership positions and to obey our magistrates, yet there is a line that must be drawn. There are cases in which we must make a choice. Yes, we indeed need to pray fervently that our leaders will turn from their inverted belief systems.  However, if our government with its new interpretation of our Constitution is deliberately trying to overturn the law of scripture, we are commanded by God Himself that His word should always takes precedence. 

What is at stake here is not merely morality versus immorality, or those things which we might consider as right from wrong. What is truly on trial is the deity of God; whether his word is truth or merely conjecture or in all reality; whether we even believe in the existence of a sovereign God.

Indeed, we are living in a dark day, but in reality, we can hold no claim that it is any darker than other times in history. Sadly our nation does not learn from the past.  Other nations, at other times have also rejected the warnings of God, going after their own hearts and all with the same outcome. There is a reason that we are continually finding and digging out the ruins of what were at one time great empires. In each of these ruins are found artifacts that show proof of idol worship and sexual perversion, which, in each case, led their followers to licentiousness, Godlessness and ultimately utter destruction and complete collapse.

For those who think that the Bible upholds any such actions, as are now entertained by our leadership, let us consider this; in each and every case where marriage,  adultery or divorcement is mentioned in the New Testament, it is speaking of a man and a woman. Nowhere does any scripture relate to infidelity between two men or two women.

Even Jesus speaks of the two different genders while speaking of marriage or divorce; “It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery (Matthew 5: 31-32).

God will not tolerate rejection of His word. To do so is to totally reject Him. He will never allow the spurning of His law; or our trying to change it to fit our own hedonistic desires. But then again, one must believe the Bible to be true and in the existence of God, in order for there to be any fear or reverence of Him.

Now our so called leader (I use that word very loosely) of our country is thumbing his nose at the directives given in God’s word by speaking out against its biblical commandments, which can only be considered as blasphemy, pure and simple.

God , has and will turn men (and women), who have omitted the law of scripture, over to reprobate minds;  a state in which the persons or group of persons no longer have the ability to reason right from wrong. When this happens, we find that the world becomes topsy-turvy. Those things which were once considered as perverted acts of sin are now accepted as perfectly normal behavior, while those who understand that these acts are indeed sinful behavior are no longer tolerated and are labeled as uncompassionate and berated as being biased or prejudiced.  

Should we even wonder why God would have Isaiah pen this warning; “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” (Isaiah 5: 20)

Welcome to the state of our country.

Who knows, after some eons of time, some team of archaeologists or scientists may be digging out the ruins of what was once the greatest empire on earth, and run across millions of pieces of evidence that would conclude that America was nothing more than just another nation who gave herself over to total idolatry and every sinful perversion imaginable. But then maybe…just maybe from the dust of those ruins they might pull out an old tattered and worn book that warned of the consequences for those who would turn their back on the laws written in that old tome. Yes, we are being told by those in authority that we are to be tolerant and to make allowances for blatant acts of sin, and we may indeed be told by our courts that we are expected to follow these precepts, but one thing is for sure, God is not required to follow these mandates of man, and He will not be tolerant and He will not make any allowances for what He has named as abominations and sin.

The great unsinkable America is sinking and she is sinking fast. She is taking on the waters of the world in which she floats. Once sin has completely overflowed her bulkheads and has filled her compartments, she will indeed go down, never to come up again.  The only question that remains is:

 “How much time does she have?”