Prophecy Update: Global Lawlessness

Lawlessness is prophesied to characterize the last-days and it will be a general state of disregard and disdain for the righteous and holy, the good, the right, the lawful, even the civil. A rise in crime will occur as the end approaches and Satan expands his influence in this world.  The Bible indicates other expressions of “lawlessness,” happen too.

Americans have been blessed to live their lives in a Great Republic that is founded on laws, not the whims of men. This “society of laws” is guaranteed by the US Constitution, perhaps one of history’s grandest, most unique documents.

However, Americans are witnessing a continuous erosion of the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution. As US leaders display less regard for the authority of the founding document, US society suffers.

The Obama administration has shown that it values its own ideology above the US Constitution. Charged with upholding the nation’s laws, it has willfully refused to enforce or defend those laws on more than one occasion. Attorney General Eric Holder refused to defend the “Defense of Marriage Act,” refused to prosecute the New Black Panthers for blatant voter intimidation, and turned a blind eye to “Operation Fast and Furious.” 

The Obama administration refuses to enforce existing immigration law and sued those states who did. It illegally engaged in military adventures without the concurrence of Congress. It charged in to bail out corporations, took ownership stakes, and saw to it that its union cronies were rewarded before secured creditors. It even forcibly passed an omnibus healthcare program that broke all convention to force all citizens to purchase a product — legislation that will almost certainly be declared unconstitutional next year.

The Obama administration has consistently circumvented the other branches of the federal government by taking actions administratively that have been forbidden by the courts or the Congress. And those are just some of the things we know about!

Therefore, if the very ones charged by the Constitution with upholding the law are themselves engaged in lawlessness, what does that portend for the rest of American society and for America’s future?

The latest example of the Obama administration’s refusal to uphold the law involves the State Department. US law requires that the place of birth for any US citizen born in Jerusalem be listed in his or her passport as “Jerusalem, Israel.” The State Department, which issues American passports, ignores that law and, instead, lists the place of birth as simply “Jerusalem.” No mention of Israel.