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Declaration by Barrack Obama:
“We remember”
“We rebuild. We come back stronger!”
It is the same attitude that the leaders
of ancient Israel had before that
nation’s destruction. It is the “spirit of
defiance.”
A pattern of American leaders will fulfill
an ancient biblical prophecy and a
curse of judgment on the United States.
Barrack Obama’s Declaration on a Steel Girder (GNU negative image)
While President Obama was creating a stir in Manhattan with his celebrity fundraisers, he also took a side trip
that got less publicity. His official presidential business was a visit to the new World Trade Center building site
where he signed a steel girder with a message of interest to the hundreds of thousands who have read the above
declaration, which is from Isaiah 9:10.
Did all these government officials including the President of the United States know the significance of what
they were saying when they quoted Isaiah 9:10? The nation’s leaders promised to rebuild by themselves. Were
they being defiant or did they believe there was no need for praying to God for wisdom? Could they really
understand that Israel was attacked by not returning to God as a nation? They were stating that “God bless the
people of America.” But, how could God bless a nation which has turned its heart away from God’s Laws. Let us
take a look at the context of the scripture passage in Isaiah 9.
Prophet Isaiah
Isaiah 9:10-13 “The bricks have fallen down, But we will rebuild with smooth stones;
The sycamores have been cut down, But we will replace them with cedars.
11 Therefore the Lord raises against them adversaries from Rezin And spurs their enemies on,
12 The Arameans on the east and the Philistines on the west; And they devour Israel with gaping
jaws. In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away And His hand is still stretched out.
13 Yet the people do not turn back to Him who struck them, Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts.”
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Scripture says the Lord will raise against “His Chosen People” their adversaries and spur on their enemies. But, that
is exactly what God does to the nation of Israel for their defiant hearts. How much more will God raise up
America’s enemies to a nation whose majority is not from “His Chosen People”? Let us take a look at Matthew
Henry’s Commentary on this passage of scripture.
“The sins charged upon the people of Israel, which provoked God to bring these judgments upon them. Their insolent defiance of the
justice of God, thinking themselves a match for him: “They say, in the pride and stoutness of their heart, Let God himself do his
worst; we will hold our own, and make our part good with him. If he ruins our houses, we will repair them, and make them stronger
113 New American Standard Bible: 1995 update. 1995 (Is 9:10–13). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.