Is 2 Chronicles 7:14 a Promise for America?

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In 2 Chronicles 7 .14, God has said, "...if my people who are called by my name humble themselves and pray, and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then

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I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land." This verse is often used to call for a national day of prayer.

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If an entire nation would just pray, everything will be right again. Right? The Bible tells all people everywhere to repent.

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Christ will return to judge the nations. Bow the knee before that day comes. Until then, wouldn't

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God bless a nation who feared him and obeyed the Bible? Yes, but that's not what 2

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Chronicles 7 .14 is about. After King Solomon, son of David, built the temple of God in Jerusalem, he asked

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God to bless the house he had built. Then fire came down from heaven and the glory of God filled the temple.

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All of Israel feasted for seven days. The Lord appeared to Solomon in the night and said, "...I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice.

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When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who are called by my name humble themselves and pray."

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And there we have verse 14. God's answer called to mind the covenant he made with Israel in the book of Deuteronomy.

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God promised to prosper Israel as long as they obeyed him, and he would curse them if they did not.

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He blessed Israel through the land he gave them. But there's no nation on earth today God is in covenant with to bless them through their land.

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God's people are those who believe in his Son, Jesus, who made a new covenant by his blood, poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

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Turn from your wicked ways to Jesus Christ and he will forgive you. All who are in Christ have been made a holy nation, not with an earthly land, but we have been promised a better country, that is a heavenly one, when we understand the text.