We assign a lot of horizontal, earthy emphasis to a lot of things that were promised in a vertical, heavenly context.
Ask Job if God was in control. Absolutely He was, but my point is I think we usually use the phrase, "Don't worry, God is in control" to mean, "Don't worry, good things will happen because God won't let something bad happen if He's in control."
If you have a certain eschatological persuasion, you'll already expect things are gettting worse, not better. And many don't suppose America is a geo-political fixture in end times (all conjecture, but plausible), so it's not unrealistic that something has happened to America anyway to remove it. I've long supposed that America will ultimately crumble economically, which will logically happen under Democrat rule, so I'm surprised every time a Republican is elected anyway.
I'm not saying God isn't involved or interested in your horizontal, but that the horizontal doesn't matter in the context of God's sovereign control. I think scripture would show the right understanding is, "Even if Biden is elected and the whole earth melts into a fiery cesspool of socialism, God is in control and you'll be in His Kingdom ultimately."
Well put. Scripture assures us that our ultimate problem is already solved. In fact, 1 Peter instructs us to actually expect earthly suffering. It provides a more intimate relationship with our savior. Like Gold that has been through the fire and had impurities burned off.
