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IS THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL FOR 
          AMERICA?

By
Pastor Chuck Baldwin

February
19, 2008

NewsWithViews.com

"In
the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against
the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and
the king saw the part of the hand that wrote." Daniel 5:5 (KJV)

"And
this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. This
is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom,
and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found
wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided." Daniel 5:26-28 (KJV)

Secularists 
        will not admit it, but nations rise and fall at the pleasure of Almighty 
        God.

America's founders certainly understood this fact.

Even Benjamin 
        Franklin, who was one of the least spiritual of America's Founding Fathers, 
        told the delegates at the constitutional convention, "We have been assured, 
        Sir, in the sacred writings, that 'Except the Lord build the house, they 
        labour in vain that build it.' I firmly believe this; and I also believe 
        that without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building 
        no better than the Builders of Babel."

              
            

Our 
        first and greatest President, George Washington, agreed with Franklin. 
        He said, "No People can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible 
        hand which conducts the Affairs of men more than the People of the United 
        States."

              
            

Thomas 
        Jefferson, too, believed that nations rose and fell before God.

He said, 
        "And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed 
        their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these 
        liberties are of the Gift of God? That they are not to be violated but 
        with his wrath?"

              
            

The 
        sentiments expressed by Franklin, Washington, and Jefferson were expressed 
        almost universally by America's founders.

From the founding of these United 
        States and throughout most of our history, people (even our leaders) understood 
        that "God governs in the affairs of men" (Franklin).

We understood that 
        it was not so much our military might, industrial strength, or financial 
        stability, but divine blessing that secured our liberty.

We believed that 
        scriptural injunction, "The horse is prepared against the day of battle: 
        but safety is of the LORD." Proverbs 21:31 (KJV)

However, it appears obvious 
        that most Americans (including Christians), and especially most of our 
        political leaders, have forgotten this principle.

As a 
        result, many of us are asking the question, Is the handwriting on the 
        wall for America? Have our days been numbered by God? Is our republic 
        finished? Will God divide and conquer our country? Many are suggesting 
        that the signs indicate the answer is yes.

              
            

For 
        one thing, we have a federal government that is totally out of control.

The checks and balances that were built into our constitution have been 
        all but eviscerated.

For the most part, the people have no real input 
        into their governance anymore.

Between Big Media, Big Business, and vote 
        fraud, even honest and fair elections may be a thing of the past.

The 
        American people cannot trust their government spokesmen--or the media 
        that is entrusted with the task of keeping them honest--to tell them the 
        truth.

The dishonesty and duplicity of our political and business leaders 
        have produced an almost universal distrust among the American people.

We have been lied to so often that it is hard to remember when we were 
        last told the truth by almost anyone in Washington, D.C., especially at 
        the Executive level.

We have 
        been lied to about the Kennedy assassination, the USS Liberty, Waco, 9/11, 
        the war in Iraq, the Oklahoma City bombing, and virtually every other 
        major American tragedy.

It is to the point that we cannot believe ANYTHING 
        that this government--and its toadies in the media--tells us.

Even our 
        Christian leaders have bought into this deception

Either 
        wittingly or unwittingly, our Christian leaders are party to deceiving 
        the American people.

For example, not only do they refuse to do any serious 
        investigation into the shenanigans of the Bush administration, they refuse 
        to even listen to the factual investigations that have been done.

Willful 
        ignorance has destroyed the Church in America today.

Just 
        look how our illustrious Christian leaders are beginning to coalesce around 
        the corrupt candidacy of John McCain (as if a McCain Presidency would 
        be any better than a Democratic one).

Remember, 
        it was Senator John McCain who single-handedly shut down the investigation 
        and effort to bring home American POWs from Vietnam and surrounding countries.

Why would a former POW do such a thing, unless, as reported by other Vietnam 
        Vets who are in the know, it was to keep those POWs from coming home and 
        testifying to McCain's collaboration with his communist captors?

Remember, 
        it is Senator John McCain who is committed to granting amnesty to tens 
        of millions of illegal aliens.

It is John McCain who has an F- grade from 
        the Gun Owners of America for his miserable anti-Second Amendment voting 
        record in the U.S. Senate.

It is John McCain who was the ringleader of 
        the infamous (not to mention unethical) Keating Five, who cost America 
        taxpayers more than $160 billion.

As a 
        longstanding member of the globalist Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), 
        John McCain will most definitely support the march toward a North American 
        Union, the NAFTA superhighway, and the creation of a North American currency, 
        called the AMERO.

              
            

He will also pursue George W. Bush's neocon policy of 
        empire building and preemptive war. As Pat Buchanan said, "John McCain 
        will make Dick Cheney look like Gandhi."

Add 
        to the above the collaboration between Big Business and Big Government 
        in a continual, covert conspiracy to spy on the American people.

Plus, who can tell what God will do with 
        a serious effort to restore liberty and independence in this land?

Is the 
        handwriting on the wall for America? Yes it is.

Instead 
        of wringing their hands and simply waiting for Jesus to return, we need 
        to get in the fight to restore our constitutional republic. The foundation 
        is still there; and millions of people--churched and unchurched--are ready 
        and willing to fight with us.

              
            

As Patrick 
        Henry said during our initial struggle for independence, "[W]e shall not 
        fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies 
        of Nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. 
        The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone. It is to the vigilant, the 
        active, the brave."

              
            

But that does not mean 
        there is nothing we can do. We can do everything we should do, knowing 
        that there is a God in Heaven who "presides over the destinies of Nations."

The fact is, the friends of liberty Patrick Henry spoke of may be found 
        in the most unlikely places and faces. So be it. We are not trying to 
        build a Sunday School class; we are trying to preserve our constitutional 
        republic.

In so
doing, we need political leaders such as Ron Paul, spiritual leaders such
as Pastors Tony Romo and James Riddle (for my list of "Black Regiment"
pastors, go
here, educators such as David Alan Black and Steven Yates, business
leaders such as Frank Fluckiger and William H. Ball, Jr., attorneys such
as Edwin Vieira, Jr., and Herb Titus, journalists and writers such as
Jerome Corsi and John McManus, film makers such as Ron Maxwell, and everyday
patriots such as you and me.

Besides, 
        God may think it is time to divide the kingdom out of the hands of the 
        globalist elitists and place it back where it belongs: with "We the people." 
        What say you?

Where was John Hagee? Where 
        was Pat Robertson? Where was James Dobson? Where was Tony Perkins?

Christians 
        should not bury their heads in their theology books, however.

Notice, 
        too, how those who refuse to go along with this New World Order are treated 
        by the political and media establishments.

McCain's nomination makes it all the more imperative 
        that we break the two-party death grip that is choking the life out of 
        America.

See how they virtually ignored 
        Duncan Hunter, Alan Keyes, and Tom Tancredo. Even the liberal Democrat, 
        Dennis Kucinich, was ignored and lampooned, because he dared to question 
        the globalist agenda of the elites in Washington, D.C., and New York City.

I was 
        one of only a handful of Christian ministers with any kind of a national 
        following who publicly endorsed Ron Paul.

Yes, they have 
        the power to restore Biblical principles and constitutional government 
        to America's public life.

I, therefore, strongly urge Dr. Paul to continue 
        his Presidential campaign by obtaining the nomination of the Constitution 
        Party. (It is his for the taking, should he pursue it.)

In 
        fact, a John McCain administration will finish whatever semblance of conservatism 
        yet remains in the GOP.

One 
        does not have to possess the gift of prophecy to read the signs.

See, especially, how they demonized Congressman Ron Paul. As Dr. Paul's 
        campaign grew, so did the attacks against him from the media and political 
        elites. Even Christian leaders opposed him.

Of course, 
        America's pastors and churches are in the unique position of being able 
        to lead our people to a revival of honesty and integrity.

Good grief! Our government 
        is even selling our own infrastructure to foreign powers.

However, it would first require that they step 
        away from their own infatuation and preoccupation with money and power 
        long enough to see the handwriting themselves. That they refuse to do 
        so is another sign that the handwriting is already on the wall.

I continue 
        to support Ron Paul, although I believe the only way he can effectively 
        bring his revolution to the forefront of America is to seek the Presidency 
        via a third party ticket.

Otherwise, it is just another sign that the handwriting is already on 
        the wall.

The Republican 
        Party is too corrupt, too sympathetic to New World Order ideologues to 
        allow principled patriots such as Ron Paul to obtain the nomination.

The handwriting 
        is there as plain as day in letters large enough that even a blind man 
        can read them.

See how 
        our government is selling America's financial interests--not to mention 
        our security interests--to foreign powers.

They 
        were all supporting establishment neocons Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, 
        John McCain, or even Rudy Giuliani.

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