“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom,” Benjamin Franklin said. “As nations become more corrupt and violent, they have more need of masters.” Today, radical leftists applaud this corrupt and violent reality. Meanwhile, over 200,000 concerned citizens who desire freedom participated in a prayer call the day former President Donald Trump was indicted in New York.

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Did you know that the greatest awakening in world history took place when a servant of God proclaimed powerful words of warning in another time and place? The so-warned leader and his people were so shaken by the severity of the message that they turned immediately away from their sinful ways and toward God:

When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it (Jonah 3:10).

Read the entire account of this amazing, historical event in Jonah 3:1–10.

What Will It Take to Awaken Us?

On an individual basis, scores say their conversion took place after a series of events jolted them to humble themselves and turn to God. Should we not expect something similar is needful for a nation at large?  “They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble and He delivered them from their distress” (Ps. 107:5-6).

An amalgam of unexpected, swift events exploding in tandem with what’s currently unfolding in these polarized and perilous times would certainly get the attention of millions in America. The following are real and within the realm of possibility very shortly: devastating economic collapse; another Civil War; horrific gas and food shortages; China/Taiwan war; Russian/European near-nuclear conflicts; a series of coordinated Islamic terrorist attacks; outbreak of a new man-made virus; racial riots again erupting nationwide; multiple massive earthquakes, Electromagnetic Pulse attack crippling electronics; assassination of a major political figure.

David Stockman, Ronald Reagan’s former Budget Director, said of our economy, “All hell is about to break loose!”

With millions of illegal immigrants and numbers of “watchlist” terrorists continuing to invade our country jeopardizing national security due to an “open border,” there is a ticking time bomb in our midst. Recall 2977 people were killed by a handful of terrorists on 9/11.

To picture what it could be like when some of these events explode on the scene, picture a segment from “The Walking Dead.”  Or visualize cities becoming lawless centers (the George Floyd riots) of desperate people who’ve become marauders and looters carrying out criminal acts with impunity.

Don’t dismiss this as nonsensical conspiracy theories. Do we really expect people in a crisis today to let others go ahead of them in lines and folks to patiently serve one another amidst shortages, curfews and roving vigilantes?

“God hasn’t given us a spirit of fear…” but it might wake people up to pause and ponder some of these coming realities. Just read afresh what Jesus said would be taking place prior to His Return.

How Should We Then Live?

In the 1960s, theologian and prophet Francis Schaeffer posed that question to Christians. Analyzing events in history and foretelling what was coming to our nation, he warned of an implosion while calling us to engage our culture and to beseech God for divine intervention.

Christians can no longer settle for status-quo religion through neatly packaged, sanitized, inspirational programs and services — while ignoring the epidemics of global persecution of Christians and the sight of Western civilization crumbling. In England, the one archbishop of Canterbury said: “Christianity is facing extinction in Great Britain.”

We are currently engaged in a titanic, unprecedented struggle against the forces of evil, and we must categorically reject any wishful thinking that this is merely temporary, or cyclical, or manageable. We are at a tipping point in which we will either experience a divine intervention of God in a Third Great Awakening, or else witness fulfillment of A.W. Tozer’s prophetic warning: “Historians will conclude that we of the 20th century had the genius to create a great civilization but we lacked the moral wisdom to preserve it.”

One Word Captures Our Charge

In Matthew 24 and Mark 13, Jesus revealed to us the signs of the end of the age. He basically summed everything up by saying: “The one who perseveres to the end will be saved” (see Matthew 24:13 and Mark 13:13).

There simply are no shortcuts in difficult days. We must draw upon the grace of God and make a quality decision that we will persevere.

Currently, I’m reading Letter to the American Church, by Eric Metaxas, which describes how Dietrich Bonhoeffer persevered as a prophetic voice against Nazi Germany. Similarly, Winston Churchill’s perseverance is highlighted in The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History, in which this towering figure of the 20th century is presented as having literally saved Western civilization from extinction.

When Churchill’s countrymen and even his own cabinet were capitulating to Hitler and the Nazi war machine, he exhorted Britain to persevere, to fight, and never to negotiate or compromise. “If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each one of us lies choking in his own blood upon the ground!” With this almost Shakespearean climax, Churchill rallied them to press on until victory was theirs.

Let us repent, as the people of Nineveh did, and let us remember Jeremiah’s words: “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses?” (Jeremiah 12:5).

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Larry Tomczak is a cultural commentator of 46 years, an IFA board member, a bestselling author, and a public-policy adviser with Liberty Counsel. His innovative video/book, BULLSEYE, develops informed influencers in 30 days (see www.bullseyechallenge.com). Hear his weekly podcast here. Photo Credit: Andrew Ruiz on Unsplash.