I heard a song recently that struck a chord in my heart that vibrated long after the song had finished. The message is heartbreakingly true of the condition of our beloved country today. Here's the lyrics to the song entitled, We Want America Back!  by Jeff R. Steele.

(In a rich, resonant bass voice, the lead singer narrates the following incredible plea with We Want America Back!  music playing softly in the background):

I love America. But I do not love what she has become. Scripture says 'Blessed is the Nation whose God is the Lord', and America has forgotten the Godly foundation on which she was built. Something is wrong.

Our children are asked to attend public schools that in many cases resemble war zones, without even the most basic right of any soldier...the right to pray to the God of heaven. Many times a wild-eyed, drug-addicted, gun-carrying teenager is allowed to stay in school, while our Supreme Court decided to expel God from the classroom over thirty years ago. Something is wrong.

Television daily bombards the senses of our nation with the idea that wrong is right, that the abnormal is normal, that the abhorrent is acceptable, and that what God calls an abomination is nothing more than an alternate life-style. And its had an effect. Thirty years ago, the number one television program in America was 'The Andy Griffith Show.' Look what we have today. Something is wrong.

When our government can pass out contraceptives to children in school without parental consent, and yet the Gideons can no longer pass out the Bible on campus...something is wrong. When our leaders can say to your children and mine that premarital sex is all right as long as it's safe...yes...something is wrong.

And I for one am ready for a change. I will say to my government, "I'm not raising dogs at my house; I'm raising children...created in the image and likeness of almighty God. And I'm going to teach them the Bible. If the Bible says it's right...it's right. And if the Bible says it's wrong...it's wrong."

The only hope that America has is that Godly men and women of character will stand together as one mighty army and declare to the immoral, the impure, the obscene and the foul, "Your days of unlimited access the minds of America are over. The army of God, that has been silent for too long, is taking America back!"

The narration stops and the singing of the chorus resumes:

There's no denying the truth of that song. Many high-ranking leaders in the religious world believe that something needs to be done quickly to stem the tide and save America from further degeneration and moral leprosy. They, understandably, want America back!

Bible Prophecy is clear that an attempt would be made to resolve our Nation's ill by uniting "godly men and women (Protestants and Catholics alike) who will stand together as one mighty army and declare to the immoral, the impure, the obscene and the foul, 'Your days of unlimited access the minds of America are over.'"

How are they going to accomplish this? Through legislation. Prominent religious leaders in America have already in the past stood up and supported legalizing moral issues. They will continue to do so with greater urgency and fervor hoping that through legislation, wicked people would be made to turn 'good'.

Interestingly enough, as I was working on this document, I heard an intense and passionate discussion on the radio on the subject Federal Marriage Amendment. This amendment involves the protection of the marriage institution in America (man-and-woman, not man-and-man or woman-and-woman marriages). The Panel did not want gay/lesbian marriages to be sanctioned as constitutional rights and were pleading with the listeners to talk to their congressmen and women and let their views and opinions be heard. It was interesting that the host, a very prominent Christian leader, mentioned that it is now time to let Congress do what we can't do individually.

In other words, what the church fails to do, let the civil powers intervene. Let the state enforce them. Folk, this was what happened in the Dark and Middle Ages. Church dogmas were enforced by the state! Fifty to a hundred million people were massacred in the name of Christianity!

While I agree wholeheartedly that gay marriages are abomination to the Lord, moral legislation is not the answer. 'Moral' legislation caused Daniel to be thrown into the lion's den. It put Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace. Haman erected a gallows for Mordecai and had a decree issued for the extermination of the Jews. King Herod had innocent babies murdered, etc. History recorded in blood what happened in the Dark and Middle Ages when church and state were combined, when church dogmas were enforced by civil authorities. Dissenters paid dearly with their lives.

If legislation is not the solution to the moral problems plaguing America today, what is?

A change of heart wrought by the Holy Spirit of God through proper education, reading and meditating on the Word of God, having an experiential knowledge and understanding of the plan of salvation, responding to the gentle wooing of the Holy Spirit, accepting Jesus as a personal Lord and Saviour, confessing sins and forsaking them, and following in the steps of the Master.

When you love Jesus with all your heart, you do not need moral legislation to cause you to live a moral life for your love to God motivates you to obey His moral law, the ten commandments. You will not kill, steal, or covet, you will not lie, you will not cheat, you will not commit adultery, you will not dishonor your parents, you will keep His Sabbath day holy, etc. You keep the law not to be saved but because you have been saved.

On the other hand, people who do not know Jesus experimentally would not and could not be made 'moral' even if a thousand moral laws were to be enacted. Click here for The Way of Salvation.

If we have a whole nation go through this experience on their own free will, we will have a genuine, moral nation, won't we? But what are the chances that America, in this late hour in prophetic reckoning, will, as a nation, turn to God as described herein? Not good!  "Good people," however, will try to coerce other people to be good through legislation. But it's not going to work.

The unconditional prophecy in Daniel 12:1 will be fulfilled when Protestant America relinguishes Protestantism (with its heaven-borne principles of liberty of conscience, separation of church and state, freedom to worship God according to the dictates of conscience, inalienable rights endowed by the Creator, even the freedom to reject God, etc.) and forms a confederacy with Catholicism who opposes these principles to enforce morality (as defined by the Papacy) upon the Nation which is like a runaway train headed down the wrong track.

"And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

If your speakers are turned you are hearing the midi Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean.  I haven't heard this song in ages, and I mean ages. The last time I heard it was when I was a little girl, and my Dad was singing it. I was surprised that my husband who was born and raised here in the United States never heard of it. Here's the lyrics.

The Government has its place in our world and is ordained of God. We are to obey its mandates unless they conflict with the law of God. Here's what Romans 13:1-7 say about the powers that be:

"Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: For he is the minister of God to thee for good.

But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour."

Further, the Apostle Paul plainly outlined the attitude that believers should sustain toward the civil authorities: "Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: as free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king." 1 Peter 2:13-17.