Why Don't Bible Prophecies Mention America?

End of the world … where is the U.S.?

Reagan is not convinced. “Since the United States is not mentioned specifically by name in Bible prophecy, people have resorted to their imaginations to find our nation in the Scriptures,” he warns, citing Revelation 12:13-17. “In the middle of the Tribulation, God will provide a means of escape for the Jewish remnant in Israel. They will be carried into the wilderness to a hiding place on the ‘wings of a great eagle.’” Is that America? “Some people have seized on this imagery," he says, to teach that the U.S., whose national symbol is the eagle, will supply an End Time airlift that will save Israel.

End of the world … where is the U.S.?

Others, says Reagan, “have pointed to Isaiah 18 which speaks of a people ‘tall and smooth’ who are ‘feared far and wide.’”Is that America? “The passage further states that this is a ‘powerful nation whose land the rivers divide.’ The chapter ends by stating that the people of this nation will bring ‘a gift of homage’ to the Lord when He returns to reign from Mt. Zion. Because these verses speak of a powerful nation whose land is divided by a great river, some have jumped to the conclusion that the nation is the United States since it is divided by the Mississippi River.”

End of the world … where is the U.S.?

Reagan isn’t convinced. Neither was bestselling author David Wilkerson. The late New York City street preacher who wrote The Cross and The Switchblade warned that America will not play a part in the final battle because the U.S. will have collapsed. In his book A Final Warning co-authored with Nicky Cruz, Wilkerson wrote: “I am speaking out right now in my ministry about the death of the United States, the downfall of America. We have reached a point where Noah, Daniel and Moses began to pray the Lord would deliver their own souls. But people don’t want to hear that sort of thing, Nicky! I’m very hopeful for the church, but as far as our society, we are under divine judgment.” Wilkerson foresaw that powers in the Far East “will quit buying our government bonds – as will all other nations. We will not be able to finance our massive debt. It will all tumble and fall.”

End of the world … where is the U.S.?

“The destruction of American power is most likely to occur in two stages,” writes Reagan. “The first could be an economic catastrophe that will result from our out-of-control debt situation. Our god is the dollar and the Lord is going to destroy that god when the weight of our debt collapses our economy.” In such a scenario, writes Graff, “America will have suffered a financial collapse by the time of the last days, and would still exist, but not be a superpower. That is exactly what many political and financial analysts are saying about our current course. The United States will not be gone in the last days. We will just not be worth mentioning.”

End of the world … where is the U.S.?

“However, the Bible clearly states that some will resist the Antichrist and defeat him,” notes Shoebat. Those verses “are rarely even discussed.” However, Shoebat believes the following passage confirms that a superpower such as America will annihilate the Antichrist. Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness. They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas (Ezekiel 28:7-8).