What Happens When Peoples Stray is perfectly illustrated by the Scripture passage assigned to this date by The Church:
1 Kgs 11:4-13
“When Solomon was old his wives had turned his heart to strange gods,
and his heart was not entirely with the LORD, his God,
as the heart of his father David had been.
By adoring Astarte, the goddess of the Sidonians,
and Milcom, the idol of the Ammonites,
Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD;
he did not follow him unreservedly as his father David had done.
Solomon then built a high place to Chemosh, the idol of Moab,
and to Molech, the idol of the Ammonites,
on the hill opposite Jerusalem.
He did the same for all his foreign wives
who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
The LORD, therefore, became angry with Solomon,
because his heart was turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel,
who had appeared to him twice
(for though the LORD had forbidden him
this very act of following strange gods,
Solomon had not obeyed him).
So the LORD said to Solomon: “Since this is what you want,
and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes
which I enjoined on you,
I will deprive you of the kingdom and give it to your servant.”
The Passage’s application to us is easily seen by understanding that Solomon does not only signify a man, but also, a nation. We may replace “Solomon” with the name of any less-Christian-than-before country, as The United States. Then, we see that our destruction is imminent because The Programmer has stopped directing His good wishes toward us. By replacing the name “Solomon” with what is symbolized in the text, we read:
1 Kgs 11:4-13
“When The United States became prosperous, some of its people paid ever less attention to God,
and turned to strange gods,
America’s hearts were not entirely with the LORD, their God,
as the heart of their father David had been.
By adoring Astarte, the goddess of the Sidonians,
and Milcom, the idol of the Ammonites,
The United States did evil in the sight of the LORD;
they did not follow Him unreservedly as their father David had done.
Government Officials then built a high place to Chemosh, the idol of Moab,
and to Molech, the idol of the Ammonites, (in the places where babies were killed)
on the hill opposite Jerusalem (Babylon is the opposite of Jerusalem).
The United States embraced foreign temptations
who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
The LORD, therefore, became angry with The United States,
because America’s hearts were turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel,
who had appeared to them in the past,
(for though the LORD had forbidden them
this very act of following strange gods,
The United States had not obeyed Him).
So the LORD said to The United States: “Since this is what you want,
and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes
which I enjoined on you,
I will deprive you of the kingdom and give it to your servant.”
Psalm 49:12 reinforces this passage. “Man, when he prospers, forfeits intelligence. He is one with the cattle doomed to slaughter.” Using the same symbolism of “nation” for “man”, we may interpret “Nations, when they prosper, forfeit intelligence. It’s people are cattle, doomed for slaughter.” As we see the endless stupidies foisted upon us, we see that the United States has “forfeited intelligence”. We can but pray to be spared from the promised “slaughter”.
