The Destiny of Nations
 
 
Every nation has two groups of people in it: the general population, which is seen by God as being in rebellion to His authority (Psalm 2), and the remnant, which is the group of true born-again followers of Jesus (Yeshua). The spiritual destiny of a nation is carried by the remnant of believers within that nation. We cannot understand God's purpose and destiny for a nation by the unbelievers - even though the unbelievers are usually the majority population within the nation.

When God looks at a nation, He looks at it like a piece of fruit - like a banana with a peel, or like a nut with a shell surrounding it. The unbelievers in the nation are like the outer shell, but you - the believing remnant within the nation - are the part that God is looking at as the bearers of the national destiny! God's purpose and the destiny for your nation are found not in the outer shell of the unbelievers, but in the core fruit of the believing remnant of your nation!
 
http://www.revive-israel.org/sitepages/resources/articles/2005/destiny_nations.htm
 
Kay