12 March 2008

Where is our God now people ask?

2 Chronicles 7:14 if My people who are called by My name will 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.

Article courtesy of Joanne

The Inspiring History Britain Should Never Forget
From the March 2008 Trumpet Print Edition »

Britain’s history of miracles made it great. The Lisbon Treaty represents a shift in faith away from God and toward Europe. By Robert Morley

No nation outside of ancient Israel has experienced more cases of divine intervention than Great Britain. Just try to find one. And not just little everyday miracles either—although there have been plenty of those too—but history-altering events. Events that have no explanation but that of divine intervention. Miracles without which the nation would have ceased to exist.

Britain is turning its back on those miracles. Its people have forgotten, and some of its politicians are preparing to sign away the sovereignty of a nation that is only independent and free today because of those many miracles.

Against the Odds

Remember the “Invincible Armada.” 1588: Only England stood in the way of Philip of Spain and his domination of Europe and the New World. The Spanish Armada was termed “invincible” for a reason: It was the most powerful military force in the world. Philip had 149 ships of the line. Britain had 80 ships total, of which 50 were volunteer vessels and some not much bigger than yachts. Even of the Queen’s 30 warships, only four were equal in tonnage to the smallest Spanish galleons.

Against these overwhelming odds, the British fleet desperately engaged the Spaniards in an attempt to prevent a landing on the English coast. During the first major engagement at Calais, with the tide and wind in its favor, the British fleet performed amazingly. Three Spanish galleons sank and three others helplessly grounded on the French coast. The victory, however, came at a cost: The bulk of the Spanish fleet remained intact and the British were out of ammunition. The Brits had to return home for reinforcements; the Channel was clear for the Spanish attack.

But the Channel crossing and attack did not come. Just six measly kilometers separated Britain from the Spanish invasion, but a work of destruction came from a force far greater than Britain’s navy could provide. Severe wind and storm suddenly materialized, scattering and wrecking the Spanish ships. By the time the retreating Spaniards made it back to Spain, only 50 ships carrying a few thousand sick and disease-stricken men remained. The Spanish threat to Britain was over, and so was Spain’s era as a global power.

Remember Quiberon Bay. 1759: The French fleet was marshaled to invade England and the British fleet again was forced to sail to its defense. The battle began and again a heavy gale erupted. Some French ships were driven onto the shoals, others were sunk and captured, and the French Navy was massively defeated. Britain was saved once more.

Remember Napoleon. “Fifteen million [Britons] must give way to 40 millions,” Napoleon uttered in frustration. He assembled a massive fleet of transports and an army of 100,000 soldiers at Boulogne. Over 100,000 troops were readied elsewhere. “Let us be masters of the Channel for six hours and we are masters of the world,” he declared. But the date of invasion was delayed by the death of the admiral chosen to lead it, postponing departure just enough so that on Oct. 21, 1805, Nelson gained his astounding naval victory at Trafalgar against staggering odds—utterly shattering Napoleon’s plans for invasion.

Continue reading: The History Britain should never forget

4 comments:

Joanne said...

The British have been truly blessed by God in the past; I know one day the eyes of the British will open, and God will have mercy on them.

Lionheart said...

I hope your right Joanne, its just what are we going to have to go through before we get back to that place of brokeness before God.

Anonymous said...

When the Roman, the Great Ceasar, Julius, first set forth his men and arms upon Britain's sacred shores, his fleet was set adrift and smashed by a great storm at the coast.
This was just a half Century before the time of Christ Jesus.
It is recorded in Caesar's own words in Dei Belli Gallico, his war diary.
Not for another hundred years did the Roman yoke attempt to gain foothold on Albion's beaches.
When Goerring threw his armada of Messerschmidt and Junkers-bombers against Britain, they were humbled by the young men of the RAF who hurled a storm of Hurricanes and Spitfires to defend the Realm.
Britain is not dead yet.

truthseaker said...

I believe that we are as a country now getting what we have asked for. Please don't get me wrong, those of you who are Christians will know what the word says about any who come against his people, IE the Jews. God will come against them, so any of you who have not read about what the British did to the Jews after WWII. I would very much advise them to read about it.

There is also a DVD they can watch, I have talked about it before, its call The Forsaken Promise I will give you a brief synopsis of what this film is about.

In the aftermath of World War 2 and the Mandate in Palestine, the sun finally set on the Great British Empire, her status as the world’s superpower rapidly waned, and the nation has since fallen into moral decadence.

“The Forsaken Promise” documents the failure of Britain and its appointed institutions and officials, whether military, administrative or political, to fulfill her pledge under the Balfour Declaration and her legal obligations under the Mandate. It highlights a number of tragic events that took place during that period, mainly through the testimonies of people who were victims of those events, participants in them, or eye-witnesses to them. They speak of Britain’s political expediency and even treachery towards the Jewish people in appeasing the militant Arab nationalist movement, as well as causing the wholesale misery of many thousands of Jewish people who were turned away from the shores of Palestine in the 1930s and 40s. Through the 1939 White Paper the British government also made inevitable the deaths of an untold number of Jews who could have escaped Hitler’s Final Solution, had they been able to find refuge in their ancient homeland.

The purpose of “The Forsaken Promise” is to stir up repentance in Britain for the nation’s reneging upon the Balfour Declaration – the forsaken promise – and obstructing the purposes of God in the restoration of Israel. There are many church leaders in Britain today who are crying out for the restoration of God’s favour upon this country, and there are some who believe that the Lord has not forgotten our spiritual heritage as a Christian nation. Because of the Church’s calling to be a ‘prophetic voice’ in the nation, this documentary’s prime target audience is the Church.

This film will show all those who do not understand why we are now in this position & why God has turned his face from us as a country. This film will explain it all & why. After watching this not one person could say that they do not now understand. I advise all to watch it, this will open your eyes, it brought tears to my eyes when I watched it. I could not believe lots of the things this country did to the Jews & I am sure you will think the same. So this is why God has taken his hand off us as a country. Our only hope is to keep asking him for forgiveness & pray that he does so & then helps us to get out of this aufull mess.