National Sins

“There are such things as national sins, and there are consequently such things as national punishments. In looking back upon the history of the world, though skeptics might entertain a doubt as to individual transgression and personal punishment, they must confess that there have been such things as national judgments sent from the hand of God. If I could take you to-day to the dreary wilderness of Babylon, I would bid you listen to the hooting of the owl, and shiver amid the lonely ruins. I would remind you that this was the throne of one of the greatest monarchies. You ask, ‘And why were these people swept from off the face of the earth? Why has the palace been consumed with fire, and the beautiful city become desolate?’ We can give you but one answer, that the sin of this people at last became so intolerable that from the very force of its own rottenness it crumbled to decay.” Charles Spurgeon

Amos 8:1 Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, a basket of summer fruit. 2And He said, “Amos, what do you see?” So I said, “A basket of summer fruit.”