America, Daughter of Babylon: Why America will be the first to fall

In all of written history there has never existed a country greater and more blessed of God than the United States of America. During America's brief history since gaining her independence in 1776, no other country in the world had attained her power, wealth, productivity, medical, and technological advancements, and there was a time when all the nations of the world had acknowledged her supremacy. But now, because of several developing factors, it appears that the more powerful nations of the world are all beginning to lose faith in her, and have begun plotting against her. These developing factors are now converging together to bring America to her demise, and God is also getting ready to judge her severely. Her utter destruction in one hour is a predestined prophesy that has been thoroughly written about in Scriptures, and of which many prophets of God are currently warning us about. The entire 47th chapter of Isaiah describes this judgment.
  
Isaiah 47:1-15 Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no more be called tender and delicate. Take the millstones and grind meal, remove your veil, take off the skirt, uncover the thigh, and pass through the rivers. Your nakedness shall be uncovered; yes, your shame will be seen. I will take vengeance, and no man shall stand against me, as for our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts is His name, the Holy One of Israel. Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no longer be called The Lady of Kingdoms. I was angry with my people; I have polluted my inheritance and given them into your hand, and you showed them no mercy; on the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily. And you said, “I shall be a lady forever,” so that you did not take these things to heart, nor remembered the latter end of them. Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures, who dwell securely, who say in your heart, “I am, and there is no one else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow,nor shall I know the loss of children”; But these two things shall come to you in a moment, in one day: the loss of children, and widowhood. They shall come upon you in their fullness because of the multitude of your sorceries, for the great abundance of your enchantments. For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, “No one sees me”; your wisdom and your knowledge have warped you; and you have said in your heart, “I am, and there is no one else besides me.”  Therefore evil shall come upon you; you shall not know from where it arises, and trouble shall fall upon you; you will not be able to put it off. And desolation shall come upon you suddenly, which you shall not know. Stand now with your enchantments and the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth-- perhaps you will be able to profit; perhaps you will prevail. You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels; let now the astrologers, the stargazers, and the monthly prognosticators stand up and save you from what shall come upon you. Behold, they shall be as stubble, the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame; it shall not be a coal to be warmed by, nor a fire to sit before! Thus shall they be to you with whom you have labored; your merchants from your youth; they shall wander each one to his quarter. No one shall save you.

Compare America today from America of the 1950’s; it is utterly shameful how American society and her moral standards have degraded. Look at Hollywood; child abuse, pedophilia, and pornography; abortion, the greed of the Elite; the thievery of Wall Street. Look at the idolatry; idol worship! It is everywhere! Look how America has embraced homosexuality, while removing every mention of God from our schools and public meeting places. Look at the mega-churches, their wealth and greed, and their apostasy; how they love to preach of prosperity with their watered-down Gospel. History is repeating itself, as the false prophets of Jeremiah's day were doing before God destroyed them.
 
Jeremiah 8:11 For they [the false teachers] have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, "Peace, peace!" When there is no peace.
 
Jeremiah 3:8 Then I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also.
 
Just as God used the Babylonian armies in helping Him destroy the 12 tribes of Israel in 587 BC, God will also use the armies of the world today to destroy America.
 
Jeremiah 5:15 Behold, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, says the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, nor can you understand what they say.
 
America used to be the apple of God’s eye; look how the Lord blessed her; but because America has now completely trampled over and ignored God’s will, God will Judge her. As Luke 12 declares that to those whom God has given much, much is required, much was also required of America.
  
Luke 12:48 For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.

But God has promised to deliver Zion, which is His Elect, His Bride, from the destruction of the daughter of Babylon.
  
Zechariah 2:7 Up, Zion! Escape!You who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
  
1 Thessalonians 5:3-11 For when they shall say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. But let us who are of the day; be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us; that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.

A Word from the Lord given to Zachary Wilkinson on Dec of 2013

I, Jesus the Messiah, take my bride to be my lawfully wedded wife. I promise to devote my life to her for eternity, giving her the kingdom I have prepared for her. I will never forsake, nor ever leave her. She is mine to hold and nothing will ever come between us. I give this oath to you, my bride: to stay by my Word, and to not leave and go back on what was spoken by my lips. You are the apple of my eye and I will treat you with the utmost care and love. What is mine is yours, my bride; nothing that I have in my storehouse will be held back from you; ask, and you shall receive. My love for you, my bride, is a branch that never ceases to bear fruit; I will continually pour my love for you. As your husband, I will guide and lead you; I will be your comforter and protector through all things. Joy shall be your life, and pure love shall be the cup you drink from. I am the I AM; nothing is above I, for nothing but the Father is beside me. I give you this ring of my covenant with you: to always stay by my side and to never forsake me. I Jesus, take this hand in marriage in front of all my Creation: to show my pursuit and endurance in this marriage. I shall give her my life and whatever she asks, shall be granted. She is my love and I will make her feel special, for she has been loyal to the end, and has not left me for another. Take this ring, my bride, and accept this covenant: for I have given my life for you, and you have given your life for me. I will show you the hidden truths of my Creation as a gift of my love. I will treat you as royalty, with my love as a cornerstone. Take my hand and accept this marriage, for I have awaited this day: to show you my true love. You will have the work of my hands as your resting place, and your jewels and ornaments shall shine for eternity. You have made yourself ready for me, and have come out of your chamber to meet me. Thank you, daughter, for watching and awaiting for my return. I will not make your wait worthless: I shall make it beyond what your imagination can conjure up. I love you my bride, do not look back: for your time for the wedding supper is here! Listen to my voice and my voice only: for I am your everything, and nothing can match to me. This is your time to shine, my love, so shine bright of my love for you. Accept this marriage wholeheartedly and rest in my covenant. I love you my darlings; never leave my side!

Love,
Yeshua, Jesus Christ, Adonai, and King of Kings

Revelation 21:9-11 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, "Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife." And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. 

The Sign of the Prophet Jonah

In Matthew chapter 12, Jesus made the following statement. 

   

Matthew 12:39-40 An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
  
As we are now awaiting the imminent return of the Lord Jesus Christ, I am hearing more and more people prophesy about 3 days of darkness that is coming to the Earth. They are also in agreement that it will be during this time when the Rapture will occur. I was skeptical of this at first, but after hearing person after person declare it, I looked into it to see how the Bible supports it. When looking at the passage above of Matthew 12, I asked myself, "What does being 3 days and nights in the belly of the fish and being 3 days and nights in the heart of the Earth have in common?" There are several things in common; one of them being that the sun does not shine there, and so both are places of great darkness, and another one being that both places represent Sheol, which always represents either the grave, or pit, or hell, or the place where the dead descend to. I next contemplated on the prophesy Jesus made that just prior to his return, the sun and the moon will be darkened, and the stars will fall from heaven.
 
Matthew 24:29-31 Immediately after the tribulation of those days, shall the sun be darkened, and the moon not give its light; the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken; then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
   
In the passage above, Jesus declares that just prior to his return in the clouds of glory, the sun will be darkened, then the Rapture will occur. I then linked this passage with the passage of Matthew 12 where Christ declares the only sign that will be given us will be the sign of the prophet Jonah, who spent 72 hours in total darkness. First it is important to understand the purpose of why Jonah spent 72 hours in the belly of a great fish. God had mandated Jonah to travel to Nineveh and warn them that God was going to destroy them in 40 days, but Jonah did not want to obey God, and thought he could hide from God by hiding in a boat headed towards Tarshish.
   
Jonah 1:1-17 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, "Arise,go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me." But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. But the Lord sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken up. Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. So the shipmaster came to him and said unto him, "What is your intention, oh sleeper? Arise and call upon your God, perhaps your God will consider us, so that we perish not." And they said every one to his fellow, "Come, and let us cast lots, so that we may know for whose cause this evil has come upon us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. Then said they unto him, "Please tell us, for whose cause is this trouble upon us? What is your occupation? and where do you come from? what is your country? and of what people are you?" And he said unto them, "I am a Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which made the sea and the dry land." Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, "Why have you done this?" For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. Then said they unto him, "What shall we do unto you, that the sea may be calm unto us?" - for the sea was growing more tempestuous. And he said unto them, "Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you." Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land, but they could not, for the sea had a strong current, and was tempestuous against them. Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm. At this the men greatly feared the LORD, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to him. Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
     
The reason why God prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah and keep him in darkness for 72 hours was because Jonah rebelled against God by not going to Nineveh. This act of rebellion is very relevant to why God is going to bring 3 days of darkness to the world. The second chapter of the book of Jonah astonished me because of how Jonah described his experience while being in the belly of the fish. I then realized that Jonah's experience is precisely what is going to happen to the 7 billion+ souls now living on the Earth when the Lord brings us the sign of the prophet Jonah, and our experience will be as if we had been plunged into the pit of hell.
   
Jonah 2:1-10 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish's belly and said, "I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction, and He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and You heard my voice. For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the floods surrounded me; all Your billows and Your waves passed over me. Then I said, I have been cast out of Your sight; Yet I will look again toward Your holy temple. The waters surrounded me, even to my soul; the deep closed around me; weeds were wrapped around my head. I went down to the base of the mountains; the earth with its gates closed behind me forever; yet You have brought up my life from the pit of hell, O Lord, my God. When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer went up to You, into Your holy temple. Those who regard worthless idols forsake their own mercy. But I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord." So the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
 
Jonah chapter 2 describes the fallen state of mankind, the relationship between God and those who seek after Him, it contains the Gospel of Salvation, and it contains a solemn warning to those who love the things of the world and forsake God. Jonah represents God's Elect who will remember God, and will cry out to Him and pray for salvation. In described his experience Jonah said that he was in the belly of Sheol, in the pit of hell, and he felt as if he had been cast out from the sight of God, and that Earth's gates had closed behind him forever. Jonah also declared that all those that regard their worthless idols, will forsake their own mercy. That is, all those who do not remember God, who do not look again toward His holy temple, who do not surrender to God with the voice of thanksgiving and accept God's gift of Salvation, but will regard their worthless idols instead, will forsake their own mercy because God will not be able to deliver them from the pit of hell. God always gives man free will, and will never force anyone into accepting and worshiping Him.
   
I then linked the parable of the ten virgins of Matthew 25 with the sign of the prophet Jonah. In that parable, there are 10 virgins who are awaiting the arrival of their bridegroom, but they all fall asleep. Then at midnight, the arrival of the bridegroom is announced. Notice that arrival of their bridegroom is announced at midnight; and so therefore the main events described in this parable all take place during a period of darkness.    
 
Matthew 25:1-6 The kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight a cry was heard: "Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go ye out to meet him!"
 
When the arrival of the bridegroom is announced at midnight, all ten virgins arise to trim their lamps, but only the wise virgins who had taken oil in their vessels, were able to light their lamps.

Matthew 25:7-8 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, "Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out."

The oil represents the Holy Spirit, and the vessels represents the persons. Only the wise virgins who were carrying the Holy Spirit in themselves, were able to light their lamps and reflect the light of life; the light from God.

Matthew 5:14 [Jesus said] You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
 
John 8:12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."
 
The wicked are unable reflect the light of God.
 
Job 18:5-6 The light of the wicked indeed goes out, and the flame of his fire does not shine. The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp beside him is put out...verse 18 He is driven from light into darkness.

In Amos 5:18 we read that the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.

Amos 5:18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! To what end is it for you? The day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
  

In Isaiah chapter 60, we read about a time of deep darkness that will cover the Earth, and notice the command to God's Elect to "arise and shine."
 
Isaiah 60:1-5 Arise, shine; for your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the Lord will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you. The Gentiles shall come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising. Lift up your eyes all around, and see: They all gather together, they come to you; Your sons shall come from afar, And your daughters shall be nursed at your side. Then you shall see and become radiant, And your heart shall swell with joy; Because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you; The wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you.
 
Just as God heard Jonah's prayers and delivered him from deep darkness in which he found himself, so also will God deliver all those that cry out to Him during those 3 days of darkness. I believe that these 3 days of darkness will follow a great earthquake, or shaking of the Earth. Psalms 18 describes a shaking of the Earth that is followed by thick darkness, which occurs as the result of God's anger. It also declares that God will create an opening in the heavens through which the Lord will descend, and that there will be darkness under His feet. It declares that God will make darkness His secret place,and that there will be dark waters around God's pavilion; just as Jonah was surrounded by dark waters.  

 
Psalms 18:7-12 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken because He was wroth. There went up a smoke out of His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under His feet. And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yeah, He did fly upon the wings of the wind. He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.