June 24, AD 2011

The Morphing of America
Frank Allnutt

Do They Still Matter?

In my many years I have witnessed the morphing of the America I grew up learning to love—that in my small way helped to build and defend.

But America has been changing—morphing into something many never thought it would be.

In the early 1970s I began writing books about current events and our changing culture—and always, to the best of my understanding and ability, from the biblical perspective. Some of my books, such as The Force of Star Wars, sold well through secular outlets, but only modestly through Christian bookstores (a few of my titles even appeared on some best seller lists).

As it turned out, my writing brought about my literary exile by critics (Christians and otherwise) to the dark abode of Conspiracy Theorists. You see, I wrote a lot about Bible prophecy and the dire direction in which America and the world were headed.

Over the years, some of that future has slowly came to pass, and now it is bombarding our senses. Indeed, the conspiracy theories of yesteryear have become events and conditions in headline news today.

Through almost four decades of writing, I have learned a few things.

I know what it’s like to experience the dark depths of brokenness and the outcome of blessings, and to write about it—to confused and frustrated Christians, some of whom are discouraged and even feel that God has forsaken them in the hopelessness and anguish of their loss and suffering.

I know what it’s like to write about the sovereignty of God over governments and the governed—to Christians who are deceived by the delusion that “We the people” are the masters of our ship.

I know what it’s like to write about the Universalist- and Humanistic-tainted concepts in the Declaration of Independence—to Christians who consider such concepts to be Judeo-Christian principles.

I know what it’s like to write about spiritually adulterous Christian participation in Civil Religion—to Christians who more and more look to government, and less and less to God, for their security, freedom, necessities, and happiness.

I know what it’s like to be rescued out of the world and into the Kingdom of God, and to write about it—to Christians taken in by the pervasive quest of Dominionism to “Christianize” Satan’s domain.

I know what it’s like to discover the shocking truth that America is morphing into Babylon the Great, and to write about it—to Christians who cling to the traditional patriotic vision that America is a Christian nation.

I know what it’s like to share in the sufferings of Christ in an antichristian world, and to write about it—to Christians who are unabashedly beholden to a twisted, materialistic concept of the Abundant Life.

I know what it’s like to write about the Church in the coming Tribulation in Daniel’s 70th Week—to Christians who are predisposed to the pretrib rapture theory.

I know what it’s like to write about America in prophecy—and then see the front cover of Time Magazine, with the stark and chilling title of “Does it still matter?” superimposed over a close-up image of the U.S. Constitution.

Yes, I know what it’s like to witness the morphing of America from a cup of gold in God's hand to a cup of abominations in the hands of the harlot of Babylon—and to deal with the ugly truth that many of the perpetrators are deceived Christians.

I know what it’s like to write for years about end-time lawlessness and apostasy, and now to read stories such as today’s “What would Jesus think? Churches now promote Islam—'Spiritual treason' seen as 'something hostile to Jesus Christ himself'"(World Net Daily, June 24), by Michael Carl.

I know what it’s like to write about the truth of God’s Word—to Scripture-illiterate Christians who are so vulnerable to lies, deceptions, and fantasies.

I know what it’s like to write on the biblical teaching that the Church is “a chosen race” of new-hearted, new creatures in Christ—to many self-defined Christians who regard themselves as “believers” in a limited cognitive sense.

I know what it’s like to write about the Christian’s identity in Christ—to Christians who strive to create their own identities based on physical appearance and abilities, social status, possessions, and the like.

But, I also know what it’s like to witness the thrilling change of heart in Christians—from half-heartedness to whole-heartedness.

And I know what it’s like to experience the peace, joy, and wonder of abiding in the grace and sufficiency of God who, by His Spirit and His Word, is “instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus” (Titus 2:12, 13; see also 1 John 2:28, 3:1, 3).
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