HOW AN IMAGE OF THE CRUCIFIXION, UNDERSTOOD, REVEALS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD AND WILL EXALT AMERICA

HOW DOES THE WORD PICTURE OF THE CRUCIFIXION, UNDERSTOOD BY US AMERICANS, REVEAL THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD BY FAITH AS OUR TICKET INTO HEAVEN AND THUS ITS EXALTATION OF AMERICA IN THE EYES OF THE NATIONS OF THIS WORLD. KING SOLOMON WRITES: RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION, BUT SIN(BREAKING GOD’S LAWS) IS A REPROACH TO ANY PEOPLE. IF FAITH IN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IS THE ONLY TICKET IN HEAVEN, WHY IN A PROTESTANT NATION, AMERICA, IS THIS NOT KNOWN TO ALL JOHN Q. PUBLIC OF AMERICA BY THE TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT? ALEX DETOCQUEVILLE, A FRENCH DIPLOMAT, CAME TO AMERICA, IN THE EARLY 1830S, TO SEEK FOR THE GREATNESS AND GENIUS FIND OF AMERICA. HERE IS WHAT HE FOUND: “ I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers, and it was not there. I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her fertile fields and boundless forests, and it was not there. I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her rich mines and her vast world commerce, and it was not there. I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her public school system and her institutions of learning, and it was not there. I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her democratic Congress and her matchless Constitution, and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power.America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great.” SO THE QUESTION IS: HOW DO WE MAKE AMERICA GOOD AGAIN AND HOW IS THAT TIED TO FAITH IN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD AS OUR TICKET INTO HEAVEN, THUS EXALTING AMERICA: FIND THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS AND MANY MORE IN THIS MESSAGE.