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WINNING WITH THE WORD “Winning with the Word” is a weekly blog that will help you to be a winner in life by applying God’s principles for living the abundant life as found in the Bible, God’s manual for life. An invitation for you: To subscribe to this blog, click here.  To subscribe to this podcast, click here. If this blog and podcast have blessed you, please encourage your family and friends to subscribe as well. Thank you! Be sure to check out our Featured Book of the Week at the end of this post. ______________________________________   Do you prefer listening instead of reading? Then click below to listen to today’s blog post on podcast. https://media.blubrry.com/winning_with_the_word/content.blubrry.com/winning_with_the_word/Is_America_under_God_s_Judgment_.mp3 ___________________________________________________________________________ Hello and Happy Day! This is Dr. MaryAnn Diorio, novelist and life coach, welcoming you to another episode of Winning with the Word. Today is Monday, July 11, 2022, Independence Day here in the United States, and this is Episode #28 of Series 2022. This episode is titled  _________________________________________ God's mercy is amazing. But so is God's judgment. God's mercy is for those who repent of their sin. But God's judgment is for those who do not. Since the time of Christ on earth, we have been in a period called "the Age of Grace." That period was determined by God to last 2000 years. The 2000-year period is almost up. We are nearing the end of the Age of God's Grace and about to enter the Age of God's Wrath. The big problem is that few people are paying attention.  All around us, people are caught up in the things of this world.  Money. Jobs. Careers. Family. Sports. Entertainment. Pleasure. Yet, God is clearly speaking. He is continually trying to get our attention. How? Here are a few ways: 1) Through signs in the Heavens and in the Earth.  In Luke 21: 25-28, the Bible says this: "There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves. Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” In the past several years, we have witnessed blood moons, solar eclipses, unusual planetary alignments, severe storms, an increasing number of earthquakes, strange weather patterns--all containing a warning message from God that He is calling the earth to repentance. But few there are who are noticing and interpreting these signs as warnings from God. There is a telling verse in 1 Chronicles 12: 32 about a group of men who had defected from Saul to join David, the rightful king of Israel, in Hebron. These men, sons of Issachar, knew how to read the signs of the times and to interpret them:  "From the tribe of Issachar, there were 200 leaders of the tribe with their relatives. All these men understood the signs of the times and knew the best course for Israel to take." Notice what happened when the sons of Issachar paid attention to and understood the signs of the times. They were able to advise Israel regarding the best course for the people to take.  We, too, need to pay attention to the signs God is sending us so that we will know the best course to take. 2. Through the fulfillment of Bible prophecy.  If we study the Bible, we will soon notice that what is happening in our world today--politically, economically, socially, and globally--has been predicted in the Bible. The problem is that most people don't read the Bible. They consider it an outdated book with no relevance to our own day.  Yet, the Bible is so closely linked to what is going on in our day that we are foolis...