Yet Another Manifistation of America's Fall

Has America gone to the devil? Christian leaders are speaking out – and they are guardedly saying it has. Do you not think the rise of Satanic worship is an ominous development?

Historian Arnold Toynbee famously declared “countries crumble from within…” I believe we are nearing the end of that same course in our nation that once represented a light of hope and freedom to the world. Fact: America is no longer a Christian nation. And Christians need to wake up.

For a country and people who have historically valued life more than death, truth more than deception and the rule of law and common sense more than tyranny or hedonism, the rise of Satanism probably comes as a shock. But for those who have watched the promotion of occultism, spiritism, demonism and hedonism in the media in the name of ‘pluralism’ are not surprised. It is simply more evidence of our culture’s fascination with narcissism, death and rejection of common sense.

Of course, the Satanic Temple says it does not literally worship the devil. Instead, Satan and demonic imagery are used as a formidable weapon to fight for separation of church and state. Does one really believe the use of this kind of imagery is innocent?  

It is yet another manifestation of America’s fall from God. It is no accident that we are seeing more and more displays of Satan in America’s public life. This is an unprecedented development in American history. This could not have taken place in earlier days. And it’s no accident that this is happening in the same America that is increasingly removing any display concerning God or faith from the same public square.

I argue, no society can simply become “secular.” Instead, as a society declines, it calls what was once evil good and good evil. The result is nothing less than a total societal transformation. It is not another sign of the increasingly powerful position and brazen stance of evil, immorality, ungodliness and anti-Christianity in the new America? That which in former days existed only in the shadows and in the periphery of American culture is now in the spotlight and center stage – and seeks to drive that which was formerly in the spotlight and center stage of American culture to the periphery and into the shadows. And you know what? It won’t stop there.

What happened when ancient Israel turned away from God? Did it not turn to the god Baal? One of the names of Baal was ‘Baal Zevuv,’ or ‘Lord of the Flies.’ When that Hebrew name was translated into Greek and then English, it became ‘Beelzebub’ – the name of Satan. So it is no accident that we are now seeing in America the same thing. When one drives God out of one’s life, when a nation drives God out of its national life – it opens the door to Satan and all that accompanies the fallen one.