Rod McNair on Moral Degradation and its Consequences

In the current edition of LCG’s Tomorrow’s World magazine, Rod McNair has the following:

God is not pleased with the moral degradation of the U.S. and other nations that profess to be “Christian” while leading the world in behavior He says He “hates” (Malachi 2:16)! The Western nations kill unborn babies and call it “family planning” and a matter of “choice.” A majority of Americans now say they support same-sex “marriage” (“Connubial bliss in America,” Economist, July 30, 2011, p. 30) though the Bible—both Old Testament and New Testament—condemn homosexuality as an unnatural sin and abomination (Leviticus 18:22; Romans 1:27)! Meanwhile, youths riot out of control in London streets, and “flash mobs” across the U.S. prey on retail stores in a disturbing new crime trend. Some 40 million Americans are regularly involved in pornography on-line, destroying their own character and ripping apart the fabric of their marriages and families. As the American Psychological Society reported, “Finding pornography on the Internet is as easy as Googling the word ‘sex,’ as the 40 million Americans who visit porn Web sites each year can attest” (APA Monitor, November 2007, p. 50). Americans are no more disciplined financially, as their nation staggers under skyrocketing debt while its economy stagnates. Many are sensing that something has gone terribly wrong!

How long will it be before God removes His blessing? How long before He allows the U.S. and other modern descendants of ancient Israel to suffer a “Haiti”-sized earthquake, or a “Fukushima”-type disaster? God warns us against the foolishness of not taking His gentle correction, lest He need to use more severe methods to get our attention: “Turn at my rebuke; surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded… Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me… For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them” (Proverbs 1:23–24, 28, 32).

The end of this age is drawing near. Are we willing to serve the God of heaven and earth, or are we only trying to serve ourselves? Jesus Christ commands us to repent! Sadly, most will not heed that warning. Christ said, “And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved” (Matthew 24:12–13).

Pornography itself is a big business and causes a variety of problems, such as the fact that it hurts families as well as society in general. It also hurts those who watch and who provide it. Abortion and homosexuality also hurt families.

LCG’s Wyatt Ciesieka in a commentary mentioned:

When so many of our “leaders” (whether in the entertainment or sports industries, or in local neighborhoods and cities) are hedonistic and morally adrift, then the entire society—especially its easily influenced young people—becomes debased.

Various forms of “entertainment” are contributing to the moral degradation here and elsewhere. Of course, the USA is not the only country with moral degradation.

But since the Bible indicates that the Great Tribulation begins as the time of Jacob’s trouble (Jeremiah 30:7), it is the Anglo-descended nations, like the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, and New Zealand that will experience that first.

And while those nations probably will not repent before its too late, you can. You can be spared from the hour of trial that Jesus spoke of (Revelation 3:10).

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There is a Place of Safety for the Philadelphians. Why it May Be Petra This article discusses a biblical ‘place of safety’ from the ‘hour of trial”. It includes quotes from the Bible and Herbert W. Armstrong on this subject–thus, showing that there is a biblically supported alternative to the rapture theory.
LCG: Pornography, Who’s Tempting Whom? This is some information about the prevalence and dangers of pornography from the Living Church of God.
CG7 on Pornography This is an article excerpt from the Church of God, 7th Day-Denver about pornography.
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Will the Anglo-Nations be Divided and Have People Taken as Slaves? Will the lands of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand be divided? What does Bible prophecy teach? Are there non-biblical prophecies that support this idea? Who will divide those lands? Who will end up with the lands and the people?
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