The noise of battle is in the land,
the noise of great destruction!
How broken and shattered
is the hammer of the whole earth!
Jeremiah 50:22,23a
Asleep
While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction
will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant
woman, and they will not escape. But you, brothers, are
not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like
a thief.
You are all sons of the light, and sons of the day. We do
not belong to the night or to the darkness. So then, let
us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert
and self-controlled.
1 Thessalonians 5:3-6
Their Glory Is In Their Shame
After that whole generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation grew up, who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel. Then the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord and served the Baals. They forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshiped various gods of the peoples around them. They provoked the Lord to anger because they forsook him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
Judges 2:10-13
If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity.
Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears,
many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things.
Philippians 3:18,19
“I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols.
Isaiah 42:8