America appears in this sermon as part of end-time Israel, the Israelitish nations that have dominated the last 200 years. Amos is described as a prophecy written for modern America and Britain "to a tee." Like ancient Israel, they were singled out by God ("You only have I known"), so great privilege brings great responsibility and great penalty if abused. Their sins match Amos's charges: wealth, self-indulgence, oppression of the weak, public moral decline, and a syncretism that worships like Baal while using the Lord's name. The sermon cites the claim that all worship the same God, whether Christian or Muslim. Hosea 11 is offered as a prophecy of dual application, in which God nurtured Israel into greatness and Israel then turned bad, though the sermon cautions that not every prophecy has dual application. It leaves open whether the Assyrian of Hosea 11:5 points to modern Germany. Jeremiah's commission is said to extend beyond Israel and Judah to the nations, and the sermon notes the Worldwide Church of God understanding of the replanting of the northwest. The Israelitish nations' dominance is said to arise within the Babylonian system that has shaped the world since the sixth century BC. It is suggested that the "seven times" of Daniel 4 may have ended in 1982. Spiritually blinded and absorbed in material success, these nations will largely not believe the Two Witnesses. Prophecy is meant to prepare God's people spiritually, not to satisfy curiosity.