Called by My Name

Tomorrow, Shirley Dobson will attempt to persuade Americans that they are the people “of whom it is written”:

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray,
and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land (II Chronicles 7:14).

But are Americans a people "called by His name"? And did He promise to hear our penitence from heaven, and forgive our sin and heal our land? The answer is obvious.

There has been only one people “called by His name” (cf. 2 Chronicles 7:12-14), only one city “called by His name” (cf. Jeremiah 25:29), only one house “called by His name” (cf. Jeremiah 34:15), and none have to do with America.

And what is the name by which He is called? The Holy One of Israel (yiśrâ’êl) (cf. 2 Kings 19:22, Psalms 78:41, Psalms 89:18, Isaiah 1:4, 5:19, 5:24, 10:20, 12:6, 17:7, 29:19, 30:11, 30:12, 30:15, 31:1, 37:23, 41:14, 41:16, 41:20, 43:3, 43:14, 45:11, 47:4, 48:17, 49:7, 54:5, 55:5, 60:9, 60:14, Jeremiah 50:29, Jeremiah 51:5).

The promise of II Chronicles 7:14 has never come true for any people. But one day it will, but not for America:

The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the L-RD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the L-RD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the L-RD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy G-d thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the L-RD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever (Isaiah 60:14-21).