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By Troy AndersonIn his new book, Implosion: Can America Recover from its Economic & Spiritual Challenges in Time? (Tyndale House Publishers), Rosenberg explores the question a growing number of politicians, academics, authors and others are asking about the future of the United States.
³My concern is we are experiencing an epic failure of leadership at almost every level of American society right now,² Rosenberg told WND. ³Something has gone terribly wrong with the American experiment. Our families are imploding, our national debt is exploding, experts on the left and right are warning us that we need to change our direction because we¹re on an unsustainable trajectory economically, socially and culturally.
³Unfortunately, too many leaders in our country are stuck in business as usual mode and Americans are getting anxious that the ice is cracking under our feet.²
The book, released this week, comes as people at nearly 300 locations nationwide are set to listen to Rosenberg on Saturday morning discuss whether America is headed for implosion or revival during a live, three-hour ³Implosion Simulcast² from First Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. Details have been posted at JoelRosenberg.com.
Rosenberg is a bestselling author with more than 2.5 million copies of his books in print. One of his books ³The Last Jihad¹ put readers in the cockpit of a hijacked jet on a kamikaze mission into an American city. It was written nine months before the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Afterward, U.S. News & World Report described him as a ³modern-day Nostradamus.² He also wrote about the U.S. at war in Iraq four months before the war began.
See for yourself exactly what could happen to the United States of America, in ³Implosion: Can America Recover from its Economic and Spiritual Challenges in Time?²
The son of a Jewish father and a Gentile mother and an evangelical Christian, Rosenberg has served as a communications adviser for a number of U.S. and Israeli leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Forbes magazine Publisher Steve Forbes.
A front-page Sunday New York Times profile called him a ³force in the capital.² He has been profiled by the Washington Times and the Jerusalem Post, has been interviewed on ABC, CNN, FOX, MSNBC and the History Channel, and has addressed audiences all over the world, including the White House, the Pentagon, the U.S. Capitol and the European Union Parliament.
Earlier this week, Rosenberg received a note from Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of evangelist Billy Graham and author of ³Expecting to See Jesus,² regarding his new book.
³Reinforced with Joel Rosenberg¹s brilliant research, delivered with a prophet¹s authority, and wrapped in hope, ŒImplosion¹ will keep you riveted page after page. It is a clarion call to wake-up, America, before it¹s too late!² Graham Lotz wrote.
In the book, Rosenberg explores whether the United States long the wealthiest, most powerful nation in history is an empire in decline or a nation poised for a historic renaissance. The book asks whether America¹s religious past can be repeated today with a Third Great Awakening, or whether the rise of China, Russia and other nations, coupled with America¹s internal struggles, will plunge the country into terminal decline.
The book comes as the nation faces soaring federal debt, severe economic turmoil, political uncertainty, declining morality, a weak church, growing spiritual apathy and apostasy, a spate of historic natural disasters and many other daunting challenges.
Rosenberg comes to the same conclusion about an imminent reckoning for the U.S. that¹s revealed in ³The Harbinger² book and the ³Isaiah 9:10 Judgment² video. Is God sending us critical messages for our very survival as a people?
Many Americans have come to believe that the U.S. has entered a period of severe and potentially irreversible decline and fear the nation is in serious risk of economic and social collapse, Rosenberg wrote.
In the book, he cites several startling polls. A 2008 NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found 73 percent of Americans believe the U.S. is in a state of decline. A 2010 Fox News Poll found nearly 80 percent of Americans believe the U.S. economy could collapse entirely. And a 2011 CNN poll found nearly half of all Americans fear the U.S. is heading for another Great Depression.
In ³Implosion,² Rosenberg outlines the reasons why the U.S. faces a real and growing risk of collapse.