America was beautiful in greatness and in the length of branches because of abundant resources. 

Ezekiel 31:7-8

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“‘Thus it was beautiful in greatness and in the length of its branches, because its roots reached to abundant waters. The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; The fir trees were not like its boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like its branches; No tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty.” Ezekiel 31:7-8

America was beautiful in her greatness and in the global reach of her branches. There is even a song called “America the Beautiful” that was sung frequently when I was a young boy but is never heard about or sung anymore. This is a song that lifts up God in singing about the beauty of America. Here’s an example from two verses of the song, “O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea!”

That greatness and global reach was made possible because of the abundant waters nourishing her roots. The nourishment of her roots came by the abundance of resources, economic productivity, wealth, and military prowess. America had something to offer nations around the world, and many nations welcomed her. The greatest of nations could not overshadow America’s global presence. There were no other nations that could compare to America’s main branches nor to the branches sprouting from the main branch. America was incomparable in its deep rooted and branched out presence in the world. There was no other nation in the world like the beauty of America.

While America became rooted in ways to make herself a global powerhouse, God roots us as individuals in Jesus Christ, “He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper. The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.” Psalms 1:3-5

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1