"WHY THE ROMAN EMPIRE FELL”

By Dr. Hoyt W. Allen, Jr.

In 1787, after twenty years’ work, Gibbon completed his masterful book, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
The five reasons he gave for the fall of that Empire were:
1. The rapid increase of divorce and the undermining of the dignity and sanctity of the home, the basis of human society.
2. Higher and higher taxes and the spending of public monies for free bread and circuses for the populace. Pierce Harris said, “While we strengthen an outer bulwark, we should look at our crumbling inner walls.”
3. The mad craze for pleasure - sports becoming more exciting and attractive to millions.
4. The building of gigantic armaments when the real enemy was within.
5. Religion decayed - falling into mere form and becoming impotent to guide the people.The Empire was not conquered - it collapsed.

You are part of America. Prayer and concern can turn the world around. America must repent, pray and “seek God’s face” (II Chron. 7:14). Otherwise, Rome’s fate may be ours.

II Chron. 7:14 - 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.
Psalms 33:12 - Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom He has chosen for his own inheritance.
Prov. 14:34 - Righteousness exalted a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

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