The Pilgrims Would Weep

It is the eve of Thanksgiving here in America, November 2022, and I'm pondering what the Pilgrims would think of the nation we've become since they crossed the Atlantic Ocean, set up the Plymouth Colony, and celebrated their first Thanksgiving in November of 1621, which is now just over 400 years ago.

I have a sneaky suspicion that many of them would weep.

If there's one thing people hate hearing about today, it is the exploits of those evil white people (or if you're a leftist "Wypipo") who came here and colonized North America. To hear the Left explain it, these people were selfish, wicked, opportunists who left nothing but destruction behind them.

But I would argue that they were Godly people looking for a land where they could settle and build a civilization that would allow them to worship God freely and prosper from the work of their hands. This righteous goal is evident in the document known as "The Mayflower Compact," which they drew up and signed together upon their arrival in the New World. In it they wrote, "Having undertaken for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith, and the honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents (legal documents) solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic..." Yes, it is an undeniable fact that the Pilgrims came to these shores, in part, with an evangelistic purpose as clearly stated in the phrase "for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith."

Christian evangelism for the glory of God was a primary purpose of the Pilgrims and I believe that it was their sincerest hope that any civilization founded through their efforts would serve this purpose in perpetuity. Of course, now-a-days, much of the latte-drinking Evangelical tribe with which I'm quite familiar, would look their noses down upon the Pilgrims (even as they will dine tomorrow in a land of freedom resulting from the tenacity of these Pilgrim rubes) and accuse them all of being evil "Christian Nationalists." But, I digress... The fact is these Pilgrims were Christian people, seeking to plant a colony for the glory of God, and the advancement of the Christian faith.

So, is this what America has become as a nation? Are we a nation that exists for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith? I don't think I know anyone who would answer these questions in the affirmative. Unfortunately, though, this hasn't stopped America from being evangelistic; its just that we aren't advancing the Christian faith for the glory of God, but our nation certainly has sustained an evangelistic spirit.

Now we evangelize the world into wickedness - a wickedness that would make the Pilgrims weep.

The US State Department holds out the carrot of money to smaller nations, but only if they will adopt a pro-LGBTQ stance and even curriculum for their schools. Just last year it put up $10 million dollars for this global evangelistic effort: https://www.state.gov/advancing-the-human-rights-of-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-queer-and-intersex-persons-around-the-world/

This is America's evangelism today. Pride flags hanging in our embassies around the world as a symbol of our evangelistic efforts. We have our beliefs, alright, and you can see the symbol on the new patch adopted by the USA soccer team who decided to make an evangelistic statement while they are in Qatar for the World Cup. Read about their evangelism efforts: https://www.foxnews.com/sports/us-mens-soccer-team-redesigns-red-white-blue-shield-support-lgbtq-community-ahead-world-cup

So, as I enjoy Thanksgiving tomorrow, I'm going to breath a prayer that somehow, someway, God might bring our nation to deep repentance and a return to our Christian roots. I'll enjoy family and food, but in the back of my mind will be this nagging reality that God has been patient with us as a nation for a very long time, and the only reason He displays such glory and patience, is that people might repent before Him.

We better repent.