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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 34
over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring
them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them
quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee. Speak not thou in thine heart, after that
the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my
righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the
wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee. Not
for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess
their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive
them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD
sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Understand therefore, that the
LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness;
for thou art a stiffnecked people. (Deuteronomy 9:3-6)
God was judging the Canaanites for their wickedness when he gave their land to Israel
and asked the Israelites to slay them. This was not a judgment to repentance; this was his wrath
poured out against them. The wrath of God is poured upon a nation only after their cup of
iniquity has been filled. This is after they have consistently failed to head his warnings and failed
to repent of their wickedness. God gave the Amorites in the land of Canaan over four hundred
years to repent of their wicked ways. During this period of time the Israelites were captive in
Egypt. When God delivered Israel from Egypt, the Amorites cup of iniquity was filled and they
were judged for their wickedness:
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a
stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict
them four hundred years; And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I
judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. And thou shalt go
to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. But in the fourth
generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not
yet full. (Genesis 15:13-16)
God also pours out his wrath on nations that persecute and kill the people of God. God
judged Egypt for enslaving his people. He also uses wicked nations to bring judgments of
repentance on his people. Paul wrote: “But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to
confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things
which are mighty; And base (contemptible) things of the world, and things which are despised,
hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are” (1 Cor 1:27-
28). He used Assyria, Babylon and Rome to judge Israel and then he judged these empires for
what they did to his people.
Israel Was Sinful
When God fulfilled his promise to Abraham and delivered Israel from Egypt, the Bible
records that Israel failed to keep God’s commandments, they fell into horrible sin. Under the
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