What Shall Come of
America?
31 Days of Sounding the
Shofar of Wisdom
Proverbs 2
Proverbs 2:10 - 11 & 16-17 - "For wisdom will enter your heart, knowledge will be enjoyable for you, discretion will watch over you, and discernment will guard you . . . They will save you from a woman who is a stranger, from a loose woman with smooth talk, who abandons the ruler she had in her youth and forgets the covenant of her God."
The second chapter of Proverbs reveals several benefits of wisdom, knowledge, discretion and discernment. Specifically, Wisdom desires to enter our hearts in order to save us from “a loose woman with smooth talk”. Scripture clearly warns us concerning increased deception in the last days. “Smooth talk” is deceptive and is used to lure one into a trap. Who is this loose woman? Though it could certainly represent an individual who tempts another individual to walk in the way of unrighteousness, Holy Spirit is showing me how the book of Proverbs can also apply to the collective congregation of the Lord or Body of Messiah. In this case, the “loose woman” certainly can apply to Babylon or the ways of the world, which are in direct contrast and opposition to the ways of YHVH.
The
specific description that Holy Spirit enlightened to me today is that this
woman “abandons the ruler she had in her youth and forgets the covenant of her
God”. This is exactly the aim of Babylon
concerning YHVH’s set apart people. In
fact, we see this pattern repeatedly in Scripture. One specific example was when the enemy ineffectively
sought to lure Balaam into cursing the children of Israel. This plan of the enemy was sabotaged when
Balaam repeatedly blessed the children of Israel instead of cursing them! This must have truly frustrated the enemy. Yet, he did not quit or give up. Rather, he found another way to defeat the
children of Israel, by tempting them to break the covenant of YHVH through worship
of other gods and idols. By doing this,
he knew that Israel would bring the curse of sin upon themselves! It is no surprise that the enemy of God and
His people continues to use this same strategy today.
Clearly,
YHVH has blessed the United States of America beyond measure. Yet, bit by bit the ways of Babylon or the
world have lured us away from God and led us into numerous offenses of breaking
the covenant of YHVH. In fact, it has
become more and more difficult to discern a difference between the congregation
of YHVH and the American culture. We
have become contaminated with the ways of Babylon (the worldly American culture).
In fact, many messages heard today in
many churches have the ring and theme of pursuing the “American Dream” by
stamping God’s Name and even Word to it.
The Gospel message has been transformed from a message of death to self
into a message of God’s desire to bless us with all the riches and glitter of
the world. It is time for us to repent
and return to the true covenant of YHVH.
Yes, He does desire to bless us to such a degree that a clear
distinction will be made between His people and those who serve other
gods. Yet, as long as it remains a
tremendous challenge to differentiate God’s people from the world, we must
consider the possibility that we need to RETURN to the covenant of YHVH from
which we have fallen. Therefore, let us
continue to pursue and sound the shofar of Wisdom until we experience a true
Biblical revolution like the exodus in the days of Moses and the apostolic
revolution in the days of Yeshua and the first generation of disciples in the
book of Acts. Truly, there was no
difficulty recognizing the followers of YHVH in those days, and there ought not
be any difficulty today either! Our nation is depending upon us! As disciples of Yeshua, we are their greatest hope through the fulfillment of our calling to demonstrate the Kingdom of YHVH on earth as it is in Heaven!
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