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| Leading evangelist Franklin Graham speaks at a Decision American prayer rally held in Columbia, South Carolina |
Franklin
Graham Warns America: 'I Fear That Our End Will Be Near'
By Stoyan Zaimov , Christian
Post Reporter
Evangelical
preacher the Rev. Franklin Graham has warned that much like the decline of the
Babylonian empire close to 2,500 years ago, America may also be staring down at
its end, unless it turns back to God.
"What's
the writing on the wall for America? As a nation we are found lacking because
of sin and disobedience to God's Holy Word. We have not honored Him. If we
don't turn back to God, I fear that our end will be near," Graham wrote on Facebook Sunday.
He
noted that 2,500 year ago, present day Iraq was known as the Babylonian empire,
and boasted one of the largest armies in the world at the time.
"Its
king, Belshazzar, was having a big party drinking and boasting with his wives,
his mistresses, and his nobles," Graham described, referring to the
account in the book of Daniel in the Bible.
He
added: "While they were partying, the hand of God appeared and wrote a
message on the wall, terrifying everyone including King Belshazzar. His face
grew pale and his knees went weak.
Daniel
is called in to interpret the handwriting which says three things: 'Mene: God
has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end. Tekel: You have
been weighed on the scales and found wanting. Peres: Your kingdom is divided
and given to the Medes and Persians.'"
After
Daniel warns Belshazzar that he is guilty of worshiping false gods, the king is
slain that very night, and the kingdom is lost.
Graham
has made several such
warnings in the past, declaring at his Decision America Tour
that the U.S. is "being stripped of biblical heritage."
"Our
country is going in the wrong direction. And I think some of the politicians
that are running have tapped into the anger and the frustration in this
country. And I want Christians to know that their vote does count and we've
taken God out of government, schools and everything else and we need to get God
back into it," Graham said back in February, urging people to vote in the
presidential elections.
The
evangelical, who leads the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, has further
warned that news headlines suggest the world is unraveling, and Jesus Christ is
coming to "wipe the slate clean."
"While
the United States is focused on its own politics, the world is unraveling. The
danger signals are everywhere. Beheadings, rapes, murders, bombings are taking
place every day across North Africa through the Middle East, all the way to the
borders of India," Graham said.
Speaking
about Jesus, he added: "One day He is going to wipe the slate clean and
'create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered,
nor come into mind,' (Isaiah 65:17).
For
those who have trusted His Son Jesus Christ by faith, there is an eternal
future with Him to look forward to."
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