Revelation 18, American Exceptionalism And Social Concerns

Hello everyone! Once again let me welcome you to another Episode in our multipart series involving a thorough consideration of the 18th Chapter of the Book of the Revelation. In this 9th presentation (of the Bible Prophecy Master Class, written by Mr. Alvin Mitchell, narrated by me, Erica), the primary question before us, is this thing called “American exceptionalism”. What we need to settle is the issue of Divine spiritual worth: What’s the standard? Who determines or sets that standard? God, or the white, evangelical churches? We know something of how they would, but, how does God assign value to a nation’s “spiritual worth”: Is it by a leader’s quotations of scripture? Or, is it based on the scope and the gravity of a country’s achievements? Or, bearing in mind that God selected and destroyed the grandeur of both the Egyptians and the Babylonians, does one’s relationship or coziing up to the Apple of His eye, standalone, necessarily give a nation special standing in the mind of God (each of these ancient powerhouses was a choice instrument in the preservation and in the punishment of the people of God, by His design!)? Bearing in mind Jesus warning in Matthew 7:21-23 and His threatening castigation of the churches in the Revelation 2 & 3, is this thing called "exceptionalism" some sort of biblically sanctioned, spiritual metric by means of which God elevates a nation and people (above their otherwise grievous existence) to some lofty preferred status, simply because He has abundantly blessed them and because they "stand with Israel"? Is 'exceptionalism' as a standard of measurement in fact an actual "Bible-based" concept, or just another lie straight out of the "pit" that has been latched onto and is now pandered by America's wayward churches? Harkening back to the words of the late Ben Haden, “let’s talk about it”!