Isaiah 59:14-15 “Truth is fallen in the street; Truth fails; he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.”

A new video entitled ‘She Nails It’ has 2.5 million views and growing. A woman gives multiple examples of how we have changed from knowing what is true to accepting obvious lies. She ends with a message: “Wake up America – like the Titanic, we have hit the iceberg and are taking on water fast. Speak up.” I’ve added to her list in the table below. Can you see how off course we have allowed America to get?

Yesterday:   What was True	Today:   What’s the New Truth
Biology and physiology distinguish men from women	If a guy pretends to be a woman, you are required to pretend with him.
Science tells us there are two genders: male and female	People who say there is no such thing as gender… are demanding a female president
Men and women physiology are why we have men and women sports	Men pretending to be women can compete in women’s sports
Irish doctors and German engineers who want to immigrate to the US must go through a rigorous vetting process	Any illiterate gang banger who jumps the Southern border fence are welcome
US Immigration screens for highly infectious diseases entering the US	Immigrants with tuberculosis and polio are welcome… but you better prove your dog is vaccinated
If you cheat to get into college you go to prison	if you cheat to get into the country you go to college for free
$5 billion for border security is too expensive	$1.5 trillion for free health care is not
Russians influencing our election are bad	Illegal immigrants voting in our elections are good
Stopping criminals from hurting people is fundamental to human rights	Criminals are caught and released to hurt more people, but stopping them violates their human rights
The NBA and NFL stand up for human rights in America	The NBA and NFL look the other way with China, the world leader in human rights violations
Abolishing slavery was one of America’s great human rights victories	People who never owned slaves should pay slavery reparations to people who have never been slaves
Certain crimes, such as murder, carry the death penalty	Killing murderers is wrong… but killing unborn babies is A-OK
People are dying, and have died, from a Chinese virus	Its racist to refer to it as Chinese even though it began in China
If someone breaks in your home, you call the Police to rescue you	City governments demand defunding and abolishing our racist police force
Census Bureau was created to collect data on the American population	Its un-American and racist for the census to count how many Americans are in America
20 is too young to drink a beer	18 is old enough to vote
You are responsible to pay off your own college loan	People who never went to college should pay the debt of those who did
Producing our own oil makes us energy independent from our enemies	We shut down American oil production and buy oil from our enemies
Its OK for Joe Biden to blackmail the President of Ukraine	its an impeachable offense if Donald Trump inquires about it
When a gunman murders 20 children in school, we pray to God	We ban prayer in schools because we want to remove God from education

There is a great source for us to study for this same problem in another country, and how it was solved. The source is the Bible, the country is Israel, the solution is Jesus Christ. Let’s read and see.

Isaiah 59:9-11 è The Situation: “Justice is far from us, nor does righteousness overtake us; we look for light, but there is darkness! For brightness, but we walk in blackness! We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes; we are as dead men in desolate places. We all growl like bears, and moan sadly like doves; we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.”

Isaiah 59:12- è The Cause: “Our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us; in lying against the Lord, and departing from our God, speaking oppression, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth has fallen in the street, and integrity cannot enter. So, truth fails, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.”

 Isaiah 59:12- è The Solution: “Then the Lord saw it, and it displeased Him that there was no justice. He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor; therefore His own ARM brought salvation for Him; His own righteousness, it sustained Him. For HE put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on HIS head; HE put on the garments of vengeance for clothing and was clad with zeal as a cloak.” Who is this “Arm of the Lord” who brought salvation to Israel in God’s name?

“Take up the whole armor of God… gird your waist with truth, put on the breastplate of righteousness, take the helmet of salvation” (Ephesians 6:13-17). Isn’t this the same armor in Isaiah 59? Wait – It gets better.

“Put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts” (Romans 13:14). So, we put on God’s armor, but we also put on Christ? Sounds like God’s “armor” is Jesus Christ Himself! If you want to defend truth, speak up in the name of the One who claimed to be truth – Jesus Christ!

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