'From the End to the Beginning' (April 11, 2012)

By Allan Thomasson

Pick up the news. What do you see?

Some happy things; some sad.                (Marriages, awards vs. obituaries, politics)
You think about America.
That make you feel so glad

The freedom, and the liberty:

Free speech. Free worship, too.            (The Constitution, and amendments 1, 2...)
It's like God knew just what we'd want.
Made it for me and you.                           ('Christian nation')

But what if, soon, we lost those things

Which make this country great?             (Remember 9-11)
If something unpredictable
Should change our country's state.

One nation in the Bible did                   (Canaanites)

Misuse their freedom dear,               (Leviticus chapters 18 and 20)
And God sent Israel to their land,
And made them disappear.                  (Numbers chapter 26, to begin with)

The Canaanites defiled their land;

Were overcome, destroyed:
Defiled their land, misused their freedom.
God made their land void.

We must return to God (, Who loves us),

As we were before,
A 'Christian nation', worldwide known.
And we increased the more,

When godly men set our course then.

But look! Where are we now?
Are we defiling this great land?
How much will God allow?

We took this land from other peoples,

Who forgot their God.
Their villages were then destroyed.
They lie beneath the sod.

God takes no respect of men,                      James 2:1

For He loves us all the same.
And He must build His family,
And give to us His name.

We, once, too, had His name, as well,

The 'Christian nation', then,
We drifted off, away from God,
And now, are deep in sin.

When will God send a foe (not friend)

To end our nation's days?
As God destroyed the Canaanites
For their pernicious ways.

We must return to God, and soon,

Or witness our own end:
Be saved today; repent, and pray,                   II Chronicles 7:14

On God we can depend:

We know what's right! Join in the fight.

Our God we can't forget.
Begin today, don't turn away,
Of this there's no regret.

Remember now the Canaanites,

And stop our massive sinning,
That God above may show His love,
From the End to the Beginning.