AMERICA: THE EMPIRE GOD WILL NOT SPARE

You want to know why America feels like it's tearing itself apart at the seams?
It is.

And it's not political. It's not left versus right. It's not even primarily spiritual warfare.
It's judgment.

The same God who exiled Israel—His own chosen people—for child sacrifice, sexual perversion, and arrogant self-worship is not going to give America a pass because we print His name on our money.

Every empire that claimed God's blessing while rejecting His authority has fallen. Babylon. Assyria. Rome. Israel itself.

America is not special. America is not exempt. America is not the exception.

We sacrificed 63 million children and called it "choice."

We exported sexual chaos globally and called it "progress."

We conquered nations with our military and called it "freedom."

We poisoned the world with our cultural sewage and called it "entertainment."

And now we're shocked that the fabric is unraveling?

This isn't a conspiracy theory. This is covenant theology.

God keeps His promises—including the ones about judgment.

The only question left is: What happens to a nation that had everything and chose nothing?

Buckle up. The answer is worse than you think.

THE BIBLICAL PATTERN: NATIONS UNDER JUDGMENT

First, let’s establish the principle: No nation is exempt from God’s judgment—not even nations that once knew Him.

Israel itself—God’s own chosen possession, the apple of His eye—faced devastating judgment for the very sins you’re describing:

- Pride and self-sufficiency: “She did not obey the voice; she did not accept correction. She did not trust in the LORD; she did not draw near to her God” (Zephaniah 3:2)

- Shedding innocent blood: “They have filled this place with the blood of innocents and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire” (Jeremiah 19:4-5)

- Sexual perversion and idolatry: “You trusted in your beauty and played the whore because of your renown” (Ezekiel 16:15)

- Economic oppression: “Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness… who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing” (Jeremiah 22:13)

God’s response? Exile. Destruction. The Temple burned. Jerusalem razed.

The principle: “You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities” (Amos 3:2).

Greater privilege = Greater accountability.

AMERICA’S COVENANT CLAIMS

Here’s what makes America’s situation particularly precarious: The founders claimed a covenant relationship with God.

- The Mayflower Compact (1620): “Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith…”

- State constitutions repeatedly invoke God’s authority

- “In God We Trust” on currency

- Presidential oaths conclude “So help me God”

- National days of prayer and thanksgiving

America claimed to be a “city on a hill” (Matthew 5:14—Jesus’s words about His people).

But claiming God’s blessing while rejecting His authority is the definition of taking His name in vain.

THE INDICTMENT: AMERICA’S SPECIFIC SINS

Your list aligns horrifyingly well with the sins that brought judgment on ancient nations:

1. Child Sacrifice (Abortion)

Over 63 million since Roe v. Wade. This mirrors Molech worship that brought God’s fury on Canaan and later Israel.

“They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind. Therefore, behold, the days are coming… when it will no more be called Topheth… but the Valley of Slaughter” (Jeremiah 7:31-32).

2. Sexual Perversion Exported Globally

America isn’t just tolerating it—we’re exporting it as ideology, making it a condition of foreign aid, weaponizing it through entertainment.

“Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!” (Matthew 18:7).

The transgender movement, particularly targeting children, is civilizational-scale child abuse. God’s response to those who harm children? “It would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea” (Matthew 18:6).

3. Pride and Military Dominance

$800+ billion annual military budget. 800+ military bases worldwide. America as global empire.

“Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger… But he does not so intend, and his heart does not so think, but it is in his heart to destroy… Shall the axe boast over him who hews with it?” (Isaiah 10:5, 7, 15).

God uses nations as instruments of judgment, but then judges them for their pride and cruelty.

4. Economic Exploitation

The wealth gap. Predatory capitalism. Economic imperialism.

“Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you… Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you” (James 5:1, 4).

5. Cultural Babylon

Hollywood, the music industry, social media—exporting spiritual poison worldwide. You’re right: constant feeding from the tree of knowledge of good and evil (moral relativism, self-determination) rather than the Tree of Life (Christ).

This is cultural imperialism masquerading as freedom.

IS AMERICA “MYSTERY BABYLON”?

Revelation 17-18 describes an entity called “Babylon the Great, Mother of Prostitutes.” Let’s look at the markers:

Evidence FOR America as Mystery Babylon:

“The great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth” (Rev 17:18)—America’s global hegemony since 1945

Economic power: “The merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living” (Rev 18:3)—The dollar as global reserve currency, Wall Street, global capitalism

Cultural influence: “All nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality” (Rev 18:3)—Hollywood, music, pornography industry

“In her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth” (Rev 18:24)—America’s wars, regime changes, proxy conflicts

“Sitting on many waters” (Rev 17:1)—Waters = “peoples and multitudes and nations and languages” (Rev 17:15)—Immigration nation, multicultural empire

“Your merchants were the great ones of the earth” (Rev 18:23)—Corporate America, tech giants, pharmaceutical companies

“By your sorcery all nations were deceived” (Rev 18:23)—The Greek word is pharmakeia—drugs, but also deception through chemical/pharmaceutical means

“She glorified herself and lived in luxury” (Rev 18:7)—American exceptionalism, material wealth

Falls “in a single hour” (Rev 18:10, 17, 19)—Sudden economic collapse?

Evidence AGAINST:

Rome was the obvious historical referent for John’s first readers

Some argue for a rebuilt literal Babylon in Iraq

The description could fit multiple empires throughout history

Jerusalem itself is sometimes identified as the “harlot city”

My Assessment:

Whether America is Mystery Babylon or simply resembles it is less important than this: America exhibits every characteristic of a nation ripe for divine judgment.

If America is Mystery Babylon, Revelation 18:4 applies:

“Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues.”

THE CONSEQUENCE: WHAT HAPPENS TO AMERICA?

Scripture suggests several possible judgments:

1. Internal Collapse (Romans 1:24-28)

God’s judgment often looks like abandonment—giving a nation over to its own desires:

“God gave them up to dishonorable passions… And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.”

The chaos we’re seeing—family breakdown, social fragmentation, mental health crisis, addiction epidemic, political polarization—this might BE the judgment.

2. Economic Collapse (Revelation 18:8-19)

If America is Babylon, her judgment comes “in a single day”:

“Her plagues will come in a single day, death and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire.”

The dollar’s collapse, debt crisis, hyperinflation—financial devastation that ripples globally.

3. Military Defeat

Deuteronomy 28 warns that covenant-breaking nations will be defeated by enemies:

“The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them” (Deuteronomy 28:25).

America’s military might means nothing if God removes His protection.

4. Natural Disasters / Divine Plagues

“And if in spite of this you will not listen to me, then I will discipline you again sevenfold for your sins” (Leviticus 26:18).

Increased hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, pestilences—creation itself groaning against sin.

5. Irrelevance

Perhaps worst of all: God simply moves on. The Holy Spirit withdraws. Revival goes elsewhere. America becomes a post-Christian wasteland like Europe—wealthy but spiritually dead, culturally exhausted, demographically dying.

“I will remove the lampstand from its place, unless you repent” (Revelation 2:5)

THE “WORST FATE OF ALL NATIONS”?

Will America’s judgment be worse than others? Jesus gives us the principle:

“That servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating. But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required” (Luke 12:47-48).

America has been given more than perhaps any nation in history:

- Biblical literacy (until recently)
- Religious freedom
- Wealth beyond measure
- Global influence
- Missionary-sending capacity
- Access to Scripture in every format

And what have we done with it?

We’ve exported pornography, abortion, transgenderism, materialism, and violence. We’ve used our wealth for luxury and our power for domination. We’ve taken God’s blessings and credited ourselves.

Yes, America’s judgment could indeed be among the severest, precisely because our privilege was so great and our squandering so complete.

THE REMNANT: HOPE IN JUDGMENT

But here’s the crucial thing: God always preserves a remnant.

Even in Israel’s worst judgment—Babylonian exile—God preserved faithful Daniel, Ezekiel, Esther. Even in Rome’s persecution, the Church grew. Even in Europe’s spiritual death, believers remain.

The question for American Christians:

Are we like Lot’s family in Sodom—barely escaping God’s judgment?

Are we like Daniel in Babylon—faithful in exile?

Or are we like Jonah to Nineveh—called to preach repentance while secretly hoping for judgment?

WHAT MUST BE DONE?

2 Chronicles 7:14 still applies:

“If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

But notice: the promise is to “my people”—not to the nation as a political entity, but to the Church within it.

The American Church must:

Repent of our own compromise with nationalism, prosperity gospel, cultural Christianity

Speak truth prophetically to power, regardless of political party

Live as exiles (1 Peter), not as cultural power-brokers

Prepare for persecution, not comfort

Make disciples, not political converts

Worship Jesus as King, not America as savior

Jeremiah’s word to exiles in Babylon applies (Jeremiah 29:7):

“Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.”

We pray for America. We work for justice. We speak the truth. We love our neighbors.

But we do not put our hope in America.

THE FINAL WORD

America is not mentioned in end-times prophecy. That silence is deafening.

Either America:

- Doesn’t exist by then (collapsed)

- Is irrelevant by then (diminished)

- Is Babylon and judged (destroyed)

- Is simply not significant to God’s plan

Our citizenship is in heaven (Philippians 3:20). Our King is Jesus. Our nation is the Church—a multinational, multiethnic Bride.

America may fall. Empires always do. But the Kingdom of God advances regardless.

The question isn’t “What happens to America?”

The question is: “Will American Christians remain faithful when America falls?”

“Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire” (Hebrews 12:28-29)

The King is coming. America will bow—voluntarily or involuntarily. We choose now which it will be.