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Ivan G Thompson
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The Making of A Great America Made in the Image of TRUMP
Religion & Spirituality
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The Census and God's Vision for America
Washington-Post-Vanessa-Williams-08-13-2021 “The demographic shifts that have roiled political and cultural debates in the United States during the past several years came into sharper focus Thursday with the release of race and ethnic breakdowns from the 2020 Census. For the first time since the first census in 1790, the number of people who identify solely as White was smaller and their share of the population dipped below 60 percent. At the same time, people of color make up a majority of the populations in six states plus D.C. and are now the majority of the U.S. population under the age of 18, at 52.7 percent. The battles over how we talk about the history of America — and who gets to write its future — will likely intensify in the coming years, as the meaning of terms “majority” and “minority” are challenged by groups competing for political, economic and cultural power.” I believe America is moving closer to God’s vision, a multi-ethnic nation reflecting His glory in the earth. As we move toward that vision, I see great potential for conflict as people in the growing minority assert themselves in shaping America’s political, economic, and cultural systems while the existing majority tries to maintain control of them. Without God’s help, how can America survive such a great shift?
Book Excerpt
The Making of A Great America Made in the Image of TRUMP
This is an excerpt from the Introduction:
God had a vision for America that was greater than just a haven for European immigrants. God had a vision of America that more closely resembled Heaven as described in Rev 7:9-10: “ After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”
Acts 17:26 (NKJV) says that God “has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings.” The NIV version reads like this, “From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.” When I apply that verse to America, I see God deliberately setting up a place with specific “boundaries” and “marking out” a “preappointed time” where different nations of men, of the same blood, would come together. It’s as if I see God looking across time to determine when He would bring together a multi-ethnic group, a red-white-black-brown-yellow nation of people to honor Him and seek Him and be a reflection of what Heaven would be like.
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