As those who read this column know, I believe a primary prophecy that describes the very moment the Lord Jesus Christ will call all believers into the clouds of Glory is wrapped in the following Scripture passage given by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself:

“Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed” (Luke 17:28–30).

Jesus was so intimately involved with the fate of the city of Sodom that He made this a cornerstone foretelling about His next “revealing” of Himself. He said the people and circumstances, the social and cultural environs of that moment when He next intervenes catastrophically into the affairs of humankind, will be just like Lot’s circumstances and times when God removed Lot and his family, then totally destroyed Sodom.

We’ve looked many times at just how wicked our current times are, with anti-God activity the norm rather than aberrant, in many cases. We have looked specifically at the characteristic of the days we’re now living in as being very similar to the days in which Lot lived in Sodom.

There is no doubt that the characteristic that had grown to the most pronounced extent—the most egregious to God—was homosexuality.

Remember that the angels, in the form of men, were threatened by the raging homosexual men who surrounded Lot’s home. God removed Lot and those of his household just as the providentially blinded homosexual men were about to invade the house.

Jesus tells us through the Luke 17:28–30 account that things will be like this when the world will see Him “reveal” Himself. It will be with the rescue we’ve come to know as the Rapture of the Church—all born-again believers in Jesus Christ for salvation.

Evidence is mounting, without question, that the homosexual invasion continues.

It seems to me that, like other proliferating anti-God things taking place in the US these days, the homosexual assault is manifesting in Minnesota, specifically in Minneapolis.

Here is a news story that presents growing evidence of these Sodom-like days.

According to the Minnesota State Fair’s schedule, POWER: Drag Revue will perform multiple times on Aug. 27 and 28 on state fairgrounds.

The fair schedule says, “POWER: Drag Revue is a high-energy drag performance showcase celebrating the artistry, creativity and diversity of Minnesota’s drag community.”

Drag shows, which feature men dressed as women, have been continuously mainstreamed in recent years. Earlier this year, a drag performance was held inside Minneapolis City Hall, which was reportedly the first time such an event had been held there.

According to Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, POWER: Drag Revue is a “BIPOC-focused musical sketch” formed after George Floyd’s death that has a “goal of expanding opportunities in the Twin Cities for historically underrepresented queer performers and artists.”

POWER: Drag Revue depicts its performers in exaggerated, garish representations of women. Several images on that page show apparent drag performers in revealing, sexualized outfits…

Since news of the drag shows broke earlier this week, the planned performances have faced backlash. Republican state Rep. Mary Franson reacted to a news story about the drag shows, saying, “Gross.”

Former state Rep. Jeremy Munson, a current candidate for Minnesota Senate, mentioned the drag shows in a list of fair events and said, “The State Fair is no longer a place we look forward to attending, and it continues in the direction of not being welcoming to families.” (“Planned drag show performances at Minnesota State Fair face backlash,” by Rachel Rossum, Alpha News MN, August 21, 2026)

Promoters of the show claim it’s all in good fun, and children, especially, should be brought to see the “delightful” performances, as men, prancing about in revealing, highly sexualized feminine attire entertain the crowds.

My imagination goes to those days in Sodom—and likely in Gomorrah, too—when such “delightful” performances surely must have entertained the crowds. We certainly have no trouble understanding what the God of Heaven thinks about such activity.

They are just now beginning, through digs at the south end of the Dead Sea, to find vestiges of what’s left of those twin cities. And it comes to mind, coincidentally, that the cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul are known in their duality, are they not? The twin cities are more and more at the center of homosexual and other wickedness that has been lately reported.

Now this is not meant to in any way besmirch the people of Minneapolis/St. Paul. There are many who protest against what is happening there in terms of anti-God activity.

But we must be alert to what’s going on as a spreading, cancerous sin that threatens to infect American culture and societies in ways that bring God’s judgment upon any people who embrace ways of life symbolized by these effeminate displays by the homosexual influencers.

Here is what God’s Word has to say about such matters of ungodly activity:

“Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God” (1 Corinthians 6:9-10).

While not meaning to cast aspersions on the people of those twin cities, I must say that this area of our nation seems increasingly to embody the modern incarnation of the twin cities of Sodom and Gomorrah – as America, to me, seems more and more to take on the characteristics of the Babylon of Revelation chapter 18.

The answer to stopping this downward movement through anti-God comportment, of course, is prayer and repentance – prayer by each of us, individually, who are Christians—for the people of America to repent and turn back to God and godliness.

“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” (2 Chronicles 7:14).

During the 1976 approach to America’s one hundredth birthday, there were dangers to the nation in many directions. The Soviet Union presented a fearful threat. Its leader, the bear-like Leonid Brezhnev—with his scowling demeanor and dark, bushy eyebrows narrowed—always seemed to threaten world destruction with nuclear war-dominated headlines.

Communism was on the move, despite the ending of the Vietnam War, which, to many observers, America lost. That evil ideology seemed to be spreading everywhere, including to this hemisphere.

The American culture was growing coarser by the day, with many universities and colleges harboring professors who taught (and students who excitedly embraced) communism. Anti-American revolutionaries grew from these enclaves to foment growing internal strife.

This anti-God assault was somewhat prevalent even when I was a college freshman in 1961 or so. A professor—young and looking like a prepared-for-TV politician—stood before our freshman classes and proclaimed the marvels of Marxism and the evil of the politicians of the American government.

As the 1976 Centennial approached, we had a pastor in our church in Little Rock, Arkansas, whose name was Dr. Russel Clearman. He was the most eloquent speaker as a pastor that I’ve had in my own experience as a church member.

Dr. Clearman was a no-nonsense man who exuded patriotism. But, to him, Jesus Christ was at the center of every message leading up to that 1976 celebration.

He wrote a book about the coarsening culture of America and the fact that we as a nation were at a crossroads. We had to choose which way we were going to go from here. Were we to keep going down the road toward a terrible ending, or were we, as a nation, going to turn back to God, asking that He forgive our rebellious ways and restore America as the founding fathers had constructed under God’s guidance?

The name of the book was Which Way America?

Although Dr. Clearman was probably in his sixties, as I recall, this was his first, perhaps his only, book.

It sits on a shelf in my office, but now, being blind, I can’t reread it as I wish I could. It was inspirational, as were his sermons.

Dr. Clearman was so eloquent and so relevant with his knowledge of the Bible and issues and events of the day that he was asked to do a ten-minute exposition at least once a week on our local TV channel, KTHV-11, in Little Rock.

I often wonder what he would think if he were on Earth at this time. He went to be with the Lord too early, we who cherished his presence believed; however, it wasn’t too early in God’s knowledge of time served in His name. Dr. Clearman developed leukemia soon after he left as our pastor.

The title of his book—Which Way America? —is certainly now more relevant than ever as this generation moves away from God’s governance.

A colleague and friend recently emailed me, in part, the following regarding his view of what’s been happening in America.

I’m of the opinion that Satan is unleashing his dogs of Hell on the Trump administration and the United States.

We need to be praying earnestly for President Trump and his family and primarily for the United States of America and for God to have mercy upon this nation and spark a revival in this country that is quickly turning into a spiritual desert.

Certainly, my friend is proven right every time things going on within the politics leading to the midterm elections come into focus. This is revealed by the following opinion piece:

“Woke one was crazy.”

Such was the proclamation from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on ABC’s This Week about far-left rhetoric that has alienated voters and cost Democrats dearly in recent elections. The statement was particularly shocking coming from Ocasio-Cortez given that she, perhaps more than any other single politician, is primarily responsible for mainstreaming “woke one” and jawboning the rest of the party to go along with her.

That Ocasio-Cortez is willing to acknowledge the toxicity and “craziness” of the height of the woke era is a sign of how much things have changed – or perhaps a sign of her own 2028 ambitions.

Regardless, every indication suggests that her analysis is correct. Last year, a research project conducted by American Bridge 21st Century involving thousands of voters in 21 states came to the following conclusion: “Working-class voters perceive Democrats to be woke, weak, and out-of-touch.”

But as much as Democrats frantically try to shove their extensive history of extremist rhetoric down the memory hole, it is unlikely to work for the simple reason that they haven’t actually abandoned their radical views. Democrats merely recognize how unpopular the woke platform has become and are now opting for the Trojan Horse strategy – publicly expressing contrition while still pushing for the same policies under a façade of moderation. (“Democrats Try to Walk Back ‘Woke One,’—Ocasio-Cortez, who did more than anyone to mainstream the movement, now calls “woke one” crazy—after a 21-state study found voters see Democrats as woke, weak, and out-of-touch,” by David Catron, contributing writer, AMAC Newsline, August 15, 2026)

Indeed, anyone of sound mind who has witnessed the “craziness” of what’s gone on in the leftist (progressive) political world must, like me, cringe at the prospect of electing such ideology as majority into the governance of our beloved nation. But that is the prospect we face.

We who watch all that is happening across America and the world through the biblically prophetic lens know that the moment when Christ will call all believers to Himself must be very near. So, there will be an escape from the wickedness of this nation and world at some point.

However, we are here at this moment—put here by the God of all creation—to perform a mission. We are to work to bring as many of the spiritually lost as possible into God’s family with the salvation message.

We are at the same time to consider matters wrapped in Dr. Clearman’s book title as pointing to our civic duty while we’re still here: Which Way America?

Let us perform both duties as our coming King’s royal ambassadors—seek the lost for bringing them to salvation while trying, through the political and other God-approved processes, to turn our nation back toward Him.

Here again is that salvation message to deliver:

“That if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and will believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (Romans 10:9-10).