As Latter-day Saints we have a further insight into the background of that - acknowledging that America was to be the stage upon which the Restoration of ALL things was to take place. Many things had to be prepared for that Great Event. This important detail however, is not mentioned in the book, and is unnecessary for the purpose of the book - which is to enlighten all God-Fearing Christian people who are open minded enough to recognize the hand of God in the establishment and protection of that great nation. It is also imperative to recognize the hand of Lucifer in many attempts to thwart God's plan for this country. For as Lehi promised, there will be opposition in all things.
A HIGH Recommendation for every reader LDS or Not. All those who enjoy reading truth. One does not have to be American to enjoy it.
- Cindy
Seven Miracles That Saved America
by Chris Stewart and Ted Stewart
Also available on Audio CD
“When the odds were stacked against us—and there have been many times when the great experiment we call America could have and should have failed—did God intervene to save us?”
That question, posed by authors Chris and Ted Stewart, is the foundation for this remarkable book. And the examples they cite provide compelling evidence that the hand of Providence has indeed preserved the United States of America on multiple occasions. Skillfully weaving story vignettes with historical explanations, they examine seven instances that illustrate God’s protecting care:
* The unlikely discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
* How (and why) desperate English colonists were able to survive the “starving time” at Jamestown
* The Battle of New York during the Revolutionary War
* The miraculous creation of the United States Constitution
* Abraham Lincoln’s desperate prayer that turned the tide of the Civil War at Gettysburg
* How a series of extraordinary events changed the Battle of Midway during World War II
* The preservation of Ronald Reagan’s life from an assassin’s bullet, allowing him the time he needed to help extend freedom around the world
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“A Final
Thought”
by Chris Stewart (from 7 Miracles that Saved
America)
“There is an interesting story in the
Bible that, we believe gives a final reason to have hope.
The 18th chapter of
Genesis tells that story of God, appearing to Abraham and sharing His intentions
to destroy the cities of Sodom and
Gomorrah. Hearing this intent, Abraham asks
God a rather pointed question. “Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the
wicked?” (v23)
Then he starts to bargain with the
Lord “Peradvanture there be 50 righteous
within the city; wilt thou destroy and not spare the place for the 50 righteous
that are therein?” (v24)
And God answers, “If I find in
Sodom 50 righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for
their sakes” (v26)
Thank about that. “I will spare all the place” the entire
city. And why? For their sakes.
For the sake of the good.
Then Abraham, apparently knowing
that the people in Sodom and
Gomorrah were really pretty bad, rethinks
his proposition. Realizing there might not actually be 50 righteous within the
cities, he makes a counteroffer, asking if God wouldn’t spare the city for 45
righteous. (v28)
And so they go, Abraham bargaining
with God, essentially pleading on behalf of the righteous until hey get down to
ten. And God say “I will not destroy it for 10’s sake.” (v32)
Surely there’s a lesson for us here.
Maybe we have reached the point where we, as an entire people, are no longer
worthy of God’s blessings. Are the good among us fewer than 60% of our
population?
Fewer than ½? Fewer than 40%? Or 30%?
Is there any way to really know?
But in a sense it may not matter
quite as much as we think, for God has shown His willingness to save an entire
people for the sake of the righteous, even if they are but a few.
If that is true, maybe we need not
worry so much about our country and our people and whether our society has
become too wicked, for surely there are wicked among us. Instead, maybe we need
to concentrate on our own lives, our own goodness, our own families. Are we one
of the 50? One of the 10? Are we, those of us who still believe, living our
lives in such a way that we could convince God to save our nation if only for
the few?
…..
Though severe storms lie before us
and around us, we do not struggle through darkness by ourselves. As the early
patriot John Page once wrote to Thomas Jefferson ‘Do you not think an angel rides in the
whirlwind and directs this Storm?’
Indeed, we do not walk alone.”
Pages 293.294
