Feast: Handwriting on the Wall: Forgetfulness
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Richard T. Ritenbaugh
Given 09-Oct-22; 45 minutes
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In Genesis 48, we learn that names of Joseph's sons Ephraim (fruitful) and Manasseh (forgetful Genesis 41:31) describe national characteristics of Britain and America. Manassites consist of a people would want to forget the past, forging into the future without regrets, so forgetful that they often don't consider wisdom from the past or common sense. When Nebuchadnezzar's son Belshazzar forgot the wisdom of his father, he brought disaster upon his dynasty, suffering defeat at the hand of the Persians. Like our forebears unable to discern the signs of the times (Luke 12:54-56) America has seemingly fallen into a deep sea of forgetfulness as the radical left, totally ignorant of history has embraced a hopelessly failed form of government (Collectivism, Marxism, Communism, Socialism) which has destroyed countless regimes which have tried it . Americans, the offspring of Manasseh, have (1) forgotten God, (2) forgotten the founding fathers and their documents, and have (3) forgotten the nation's history and their manifest destiny and exceptionalism. Most of the Millennials, according to Rush Limbaugh, believe that history started with their birth and have discounted any lessons from history, preferring to rashly cancel all previous cultural accomplishments. America once had the ingredients of national greatness, but because of the ignorance of youth, forgetting the lessons from history, and their reckless desire for "change," they will soon pay the piper for their foolish forgetfulness. Because Jacob's offspring didn't heed the lessons of Deuteronomy 4:1-10, forgetting to instruct their offspring, they will pay the piper sooner or later (Numbers 32:23) . Forgetting God's Word is equivalent to subtracting or excising what God has revealed. Neglecting to read Deuteronomy every seven years (Deuteronomy 31:9-13) will bring major curses on the Israel of God (Galatians