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Quotes About Nations

We cannot too strongly condemn the un-Christian attitude of certain otherwise progressive nations in their discriminations against the Jews, who have been among the strongest supporters of the League, and who will continue to prosper and to be recognized as fully Americanized, though only so long as they continue to support our ideals.
~ Sinclair Lewis
At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one.
~ Harry S. Truman
Dutch prosperity rested partly on their carrying the products of other nations more efficiently and cheaply than anyone else and partly on their possessing the naval might to protect their own trade and colonies and to harass those of others.
~ John Miller
Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.
~ John Milton
Nations grown corrupt Love bondage more than liberty; Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty.
~ John Milton
Why should a great and powerful nation like the United States allow its relationship with more than a billion Muslims around the world to be defined by the narrow hatred and nihilistic actions of an exceptionally small minority of Muslims?
~ John O. Brennan
God is pursuing with omnipotent passion a worldwide purpose of gathering joyful worshipers for Himself from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. He has an inexhaustible enthusiasm for the supremacy of His name among the nations. Therefore, let us bring our affections into line with His, and, for the sake of His name, let us renounce the quest for worldly comforts and join His global purpose.
~ John Piper
The magnifying of Christ in the white-hot worship of all nations is the reason the world exists.
~ John Piper
To belong to Jesus is to embrace the nations with Him.
~ John Piper
Señor Jesús, Tú eres el Mesías, el Rey de Israel. Las naciones se postran ante Ti. Dios lleva al mundo a reconocer que eres digno de adoración. Por tanto, ante cualquier oposición que encuentre, con gozo te atribuyo autoridad y dignidad, y traigo estos regalos para decirte que solo Tú puedes satisfacer mi corazón.
~ John Piper
The goal of our mission is that people from all the nations worship the true God. But worship means cherishing the preciousness of God above all else, including life itself.
~ John Piper
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see; they have ears, but they do not hear, nor is there any breath in their mouths. Those who make them become like them, so do all who trust in them' (Psalm 135:15-18;
~ John Piper
The Bible itself shows that our ultimate goal in reading the Bible is that God's infinite worth and beauty would be exalted in the everlasting, white-hot worship of the blood-bought bride of Christ from every people, language, tribe, and nation.
~ John Piper
let the Dow Jones plunge and markets all over the world also plummet. Some economists have advocated the decoupling of economies, but the crash in global markets, preceded by the financial crisis in the United States, is a stark reminder of the inter-dependence of the nations of the world, increasing ever since the first true decoupling occurred when God scattered the residents of the original Babylon and formed the nations.
~ John Price
Ezekiel Chapters 38 and 39 God reveals to Israel eye-opening details about a future major invasion of Israel, after Israel's return to the land and re-establishment as a nation. The first end times peace treaty, like all of Israel's prior peace agreements, will be broken. Ezekiel reveals to us a number of specifics as to how Israel's first end times peace treaty will be breached. He even lists the identities of the nations that will seek to conquer, kill and destroy Israel.
~ John Price
God revealed this to Ezekiel as to the coalition of invading nations: "After many days you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety." (Ezekiel 38:8).
~ John Price
The Islamic mindset is: if a Muslim is dwelling in nations or areas along with Kafir, then their death, along with the infidels, is permitted. Since 9/11, tens of thousands of Americans have converted to Islam (New York Times, October 21, 2001).
~ John Price
there at that point in time, we read a shocking prophecy. No nation, Ezekiel tells us, will come to Israel's defense. None. . . thereby proving for the umpteenth time that Israel should not lean on man and man's promises, only on God and His promises.
~ John Price
Nations are frequently referred to, particularly by other countries, by the name of their capital city, or a leading prominent city. New York, was one of two primary targets for Al Qaeda on September 11, 2001, in addition to our nation's Capitol. Both Washington, D.C. and New York City are quintessential targets for those who seek America's destruction. America is known worldwide, and referred to by the people of the world, by its major cities.
~ John Price
As the world's only remaining superpower, the United States can impose its will on nations, or peoples within those nations. America's voice is 'great', in large part, because of its great wealth and because the nation is the 'the hammer of the whole earth' (Jeremiah 50:23). Another aspect of its status as 'the great voice,' is America's use of its voice as the cultural and entertainment leader of the world.
~ John Price
As God's people examine the difficult decision as to where they should emigrate, it will be evident that European nations will not offer an acceptable relocation venue.
~ John Price
Biblical prophecies of the coming Antichrist and the Muslim predictions of the coming Mahdi have an eerie overlap: a.) Both the Biblically-prophesied Antichrist and the Muslim-predicted Mahdi are to be religious and governmental leaders, who lead military campaigns, in an attempt to conquer the nations of the earth, and commence a new world order;
~ John Price
IDENTITY CLUE 11: WHERE THE NATIONS GATHER "…and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him" (Jeremiah 51:44c – KJV) "…and the nations will no longer stream to him" (Jeremiah 51:44c – NAS) In either translation, the identity clue verse says that before the fall of the Daughter of Babylon the nations of the world "flow together", "stream to" this end times nation.
~ John Price
The described gathering of nations could only have application to two nations, if the meaning is, at it appears, that the world's nations gather in order to meet with each other in a formal, deliberative sense, not just a commercial or social sense. This is reasonable, in that all nations engage in trade with other nations.
~ John Price