Is The Handwriting On The Wall For America?
>                            By Chuck Baldwin
>                            February 19, 2008
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> This column is archived at
> http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2008/cbarchive_20080219.html
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> "In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over
> against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's
> palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote." Daniel 5:5
> (KJV)
>
> "And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL,
> UPHARSIN. This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath
> numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the
> balances, and art found wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided."
> Daniel 5:26-28 (KJV)

 Secularists will not admit it, but nations rise and fall at the
> pleasure of Almighty God. America's founders certainly understood
 this fact. Even Benjamin Franklin, who was one of the least spiritual of
> America's Founding Fathers, told the delegates at the constitutional
> convention, "We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that
> 'Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it.'
> I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without His concurring
> aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the
> Builders of Babel."
>
> Our first and greatest President, George Washington, agreed with
> Franklin. He said, "No People can be bound to acknowledge and adore
> the invisible hand which conducts the Affairs of men more than the
> People of the United States."
>
> Thomas Jefferson, too, believed that nations rose and fell before
 God. He said, "And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we
> have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the
> people that these liberties are of the Gift of God? That they are not
> to be violated but with his wrath?"
>
> The sentiments expressed by Franklin, Washington, and Jefferson were
> expressed almost universally by America's founders. From the founding
> of these United States and throughout most of our history, people
> (even our leaders) understood that "God governs in the affairs of
 men"
> (Franklin). We understood that it was not so much our military might,
> industrial strength, or financial stability, but divine blessing that
> secured our liberty. We believed that scriptural injunction, "The
> horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the
> LORD." Proverbs 21:31 (KJV) However, it appears obvious that most
> Americans (including Christians), and especially most of our
 political leaders, have forgotten this principle.
>
> As a result, many of us are asking the question, Is the handwriting
 on the wall for America? Have our days been numbered by God? Is our
> republic finished? Will God divide and conquer our country? Many are
> suggesting that the signs indicate the answer is yes.
>
> For one thing, we have a federal government that is totally out of
> control. The checks and balances that were built into our
 Constitution have been all but eviscerated. For the most part, the people have no
> real input into their governance anymore. Between Big Media, Big
> Business, and vote fraud, even honest and fair elections may be a
> thing of the past.
>
> The American people cannot trust their government spokesmen--or the
> media that is entrusted with the task of keeping them honest--to tell
> them the truth. The dishonesty and duplicity of our political and
> business leaders have produced an almost universal distrust among the
> American people. We have been lied to so often that it is hard to
> remember when we were last told the truth by almost anyone in
> Washington, D.C., especially at the Executive level.
>
> We have been lied to about the Kennedy assassination, the USS
 Liberty, Waco, 9/11, the war in Iraq, the Oklahoma City bombing, and virtually
> every other major American tragedy. It is to the point that we cannot
> believe ANYTHING that this government--and its toadies in the
> media--tells us. Even our Christian leaders have bought into this
> deception.
>
> Either wittingly or unwittingly, our Christian leaders are party to
> deceiving the American people. For example, not only do they refuse
 to do any serious investigation into the shenanigans of the Bush
> administration, they refuse to even listen to the factual
> investigations that have been done. Willful ignorance has destroyed
> the Church in America today.
>
> Just look how our illustrious Christian leaders are beginning to
> coalesce around the corrupt candidacy of John McCain (as if a McCain
> Presidency would be any better than a Democratic one).
>
> Remember, it was Senator John McCain who single-handedly shut down
 the investigation and effort to bring home American POWs from Vietnam and
> surrounding countries. Why would a former POW do such a thing,
 unless, as reported by other Vietnam Vets who are in the know, it was to keep
> those POWs from coming home and testifying to McCain's collaboration
> with his communist captors?
>
> Remember, it is Senator John McCain who is committed to granting
> amnesty to tens of millions of illegal aliens. It is John McCain who
> has an F- grade from the Gun Owners of America for his miserable
> anti-Second Amendment voting record in the U.S. Senate. It is John
> McCain who was the ringleader of the infamous (not to mention
> unethical) Keating Five, who cost America taxpayers more than $160
> billion.
>
> As a longstanding member of the globalist Council on Foreign
 Relations(CFR), John McCain will most definitely support the march toward a
> North American Union, the NAFTA superhighway, and the creation of a
> North American currency, called the AMERO. He will also pursue George
> W. Bush's neocon policy of empire building and preemptive war. As Pat
> Buchanan said, "John McCain will make Dick Cheney look like Gandhi."
>
> (I encourage readers to take a look at my previous exposé on John
> McCain at:
> http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2008/cbarchive_20080208.html )
>
> Add to the above the collaboration between Big Business and Big
> Government in a continual, covert conspiracy to spy on the American
> people. See how our government is selling America's financial
> interests--not to mention our security interests--to foreign powers.
> Good grief! Our government is even selling our own infrastructure to
> foreign powers.
>
> Notice, too, how those who refuse to go along with this New World
> Order are treated by the political and media establishments. See how
> they virtually ignored Duncan Hunter, Alan Keyes, and Tom Tancredo.
> Even the liberal Democrat, Dennis Kucinich, was ignored and
 lampooned,because he dared to question the globalist agenda of the elites in
> Washington, D.C., and New York City. See, especially, how they
> demonized Congressman Ron Paul. As Dr. Paul's campaign grew, so did
> the attacks against him from the media and political elites. Even
> Christian leaders opposed him.
>
> I was one of only a handful of Christian ministers with any kind of a
> national following who publicly endorsed Ron Paul. Where was John
> Hagee? Where was Pat Robertson? Where was James Dobson? Where was
 Tony Perkins? They were all supporting establishment neocons Mitt Romney,
> Mike Huckabee, John McCain, or even Rudy Giuliani.
>
> I continue to support Ron Paul, although I believe the only way he
 can effectively bring his revolution to the forefront of America is to
> seek the Presidency via a third party ticket. I, therefore, strongly
> urge Dr. Paul to continue his Presidential campaign by obtaining the
> nomination of the Constitution Party. (It is his for the taking,
> should he pursue it.) The Republican Party is too corrupt, too
> sympathetic to New World Order ideologues to allow principled
 patriots such as Ron Paul to obtain the nomination. In fact, a John McCain
> administration will finish whatever semblance of conservatism yet
> remains in the GOP. McCain's nomination makes it all the more
> imperative that we break the two-party death grip that is choking the
> life out of America. If Ron Paul would take the bull by the horns
> right now and run as a third party candidate, he just might be the
 man who could do it. Otherwise, it is just another sign that the
> handwriting is already on the wall.
>
> Of course, America's pastors and churches are in the unique position
> of being able to lead our people to a revival of honesty and
> integrity. Yes, they have the power to restore Biblical principles
 and constitutional government to America's public life. However, it would
> first require that they step away from their own infatuation and
> preoccupation with money and power long enough to see the handwriting
> themselves. That they refuse to do so is another sign that the
> handwriting is already on the wall.
>
> One does not have to possess the gift of prophecy to read the signs.
> The handwriting is there as plain as day in letters large enough that
> even a blind man can read them.
>
> Christians should not bury their heads in their theology books,
> however. Instead of wringing their hands and simply waiting for Jesus
> to return, we need to get in the fight to restore our constitutional
> republic. The foundation is still there; and millions of
> people--churched and unchurched--are ready and willing to fight with
> us. Plus, who can tell what God will do with a serious effort to
> restore liberty and independence in this land?
>
> As Patrick Henry said during our initial struggle for independence,
> "[W]e shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who
> presides over the destinies of Nations, and who will raise up friends
> to fight our battles for us. The battle, Sir, is not to the strong
> alone. It is to the vigilant, the active, the brave."
>
> Is the handwriting on the wall for America? Yes it is. But that does
> not mean there is nothing we can do. We can do everything we should
> do, knowing that there is a God in Heaven who "presides over the
> destinies of Nations." The fact is, the friends of liberty Patrick
> Henry spoke of may be found in the most unlikely places and faces. So
> be it. We are not trying to build a Sunday School class; we are
 trying to preserve our constitutional republic.
>
> In so doing, we need political leaders such as Ron Paul, spiritual
> leaders such as Pastors Tony Romo and James Riddle (for my list of
> "Black Regiment" pastors, go here:
> http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/blackregiment.php ), educators such
 as
> David Alan Black and Steven Yates, business leaders such as Frank
> Fluckiger and William H. Ball, Jr., attorneys such as Edwin Vieira,
> Jr., and Herb Titus, journalists and writers such as Jerome Corsi and
> John McManus, film makers such as Ron Maxwell, and everyday patriots
> such as you and me.
>
> Besides, God may think it is time to divide the kingdom out of the
> hands of the globalist elitists and place it back where it belongs:
> with "We the people." What say you?