Not a Fork in the Road, We Need an Off Ramp.

By:  Dale Weckbacher

Joel 3:14

Multitudes, multitudes,
    in the valley of decision!
For the day of the Lord is near
    in the valley of decision.

(ESV)

Election day is Tuesday.  For many reading this I hear a loud sigh of relief.  However, the work of taking our country back does not end after Tuesday no matter who is elected.  What differs is the work that must be done after Election Day. 

Joel 3:1-16 is a prophecy regarding the Lord’s judgment of the nations in the last days.  It is during this time that God will restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem (Joel 3:1) and gather all the nations for judgment down in the valley of Jehoshaphat (Joel 3:2).  This Valley of Jehoshaphat, along with the valley of Megiddo or Armageddon are locations where scripture tells us the battles will occur at the second coming of Jesus.  (1)  These nations will incur judgment and must decide whether they will submit to the rule of Jesus Christ during his 1000-year millennial reign.

While this election is not on the same scale as the judgment of the Lord in the valley of Armageddon, it is an election which many believe will determine the direction of the United States for decades.  The main reason for this belief is because one of the first things the new President will do is select a justice to replace Justice Scalia.  While Donald Trump has pledged to select a strict constitutionalist, (2) Hillary Clinton will select another liberal justice to help advance an unconstitutional agenda.  (3)  Many have stated that the United States is at a fork in the road but I believe we are already on the road to socialism and are not at a fork in the road but in need of taking an off ramp back to what made this nation great. 

The second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence begins with the following statement,

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.  (4)

Those that authored the Declaration of Independence, the same people calling for independence from the tyrannical British crown, believed that rights were given to individuals from their creator and not government.  Unfortunately, liberals and progressives have infiltrated media and the education system.  Their efforts have successfully removed prayer from schools resulting in an increase in teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.  These deviant behaviors are what occurs when the moral compass of morality is removed.  (5)  In addition, the removal of the morality code (aka Hays Code) from movies and television has led to movies exploiting these deviant behaviors both on the big screen and television screens across the world (6) thus providing legitimacy to these deviant behaviors. 

The absence of God and any type of moral compass in the lives of individuals has created a massive hole in their hearts.  Since nature, including us, abhors voids, nature will always attempt to fill these voids with something else.  (7)  As Christians, we fill this void with Jesus Christ and place our trust in the never-failing Word of God.  However, for those lacking this stability in their lives, the place they turn to is government and some magical government program solving their problems. 

Since the effective removal of godly principles in our culture using both the media and education system, we have seen a dramatic increase in government spending as more and more government programs are instituted in an effort to fill the gaping hole created through the systematic removal of God.  The consequences of this has been increases in entitlement spending that has outpaced increases in revenue.  (8)

The spending numbers coupled with the increase in acceptance of deviant behavior in our society demonstrates that society, culture, and government has already entered the highway of socialism and over dependence on government lacking any moral compass of trust in God.  Therefore, the United States must exit this liberal progressive highway and instead enter the highway taking the nation back to the godly principles the founders outlined in the Declaration of Independence. 

While Donald Trump is not perfect, I believe he represents an off ramp towards the highway of restoration back to the founders’ godly principles.  The addition of Mike Pence to the GOP ticket points to a future of entering the highway of restoration as he will have an opportunity to run for president after citizens witness the benefits of turning back to the principles that made the United States great. 

As Election Day approaches, I encourage my fellow believers to vote for exiting the highway of liberal progressivism that has led to the moral and cultural decline of the nation by voting for Donald Trump this election despite his imperfections.  After all, we all have imperfections in our lives and thankfully God did not condemn us to eternal damnation because of them and instead sent His son, Jesus Christ to die for these imperfections. 

Psalm 33:12 tells us that a nation whose God is the Lord is blessed.  While the United States was established on the belief that God and not government granted citizens their rights, it has drifted from this belief and as a result is no longer blessed as it once was.  We therefore must get out and vote Tuesday, and vote for candidates that will begin the process of returning the nation back to its godly principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 

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2. Powerline. TRUMP PUTS OUT NEW LIST OF POTENTIAL SUPREME COURT NOMINEES. www.powerlineblog.com. [Online] Powerline, September 26, 2016. [Cited: October 29, 2016.] http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2016/09/trump-puts-out-new-list-of-potential-supreme-court-nominees.php.

3. Lat, David. Hillary Clinton’s Supreme Court Shortlist: 11 SCOTUS Possibilities. abovethelaw.com. [Online] Above the Law, August 1, 2016. [Cited: October 29, 2016.] http://abovethelaw.com/2016/08/hillary-clintons-supreme-court-shortlist-11-scotus-possibilities/.

4. ushistory.org. The Declaration of Independence. www.ushistory.org. [Online] [Cited: October 30, 2016.] http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/.

5. Brooks, Carol. Prayer in Schools. www.inplainsite.org. [Online] In Plain Site. [Cited: August 20, 2016.] 2016. http://www.inplainsite.org/what_happened_when_the_praying.html.

6. artsreformation.com. The Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 (Hays Code). artsreformation.com. [Online] [Cited: August 20, 2016.] http://www.artsreformation.com/a001/hays-code.html.

7. Our Daily Bread. Nature Abhors A Vacuum. obd.org. [Online] Our Daily Bread. [Cited: October 30, 2016.] http://odb.org/2011/01/21/nature-abhors-a-vacuum/.

8. Fraser, Alison Acosta. Federal Spending by the Numbers - 2012. www.heritage.org. [Online] The Heritage Foundation, October 16, 2012. [Cited: October 30, 2016.] http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/10/federal-spending-by-the-numbers-2012.