HAPPY 4TH OF JULY EVERYONE!
Greetings, my fellow Americans, and our dear friends around the world! Today, not only is it our LORD’s glorious holy Sabbath, but it’s America’s 250th Anniversary! And, sadly, a recent study was conducted that found that nearly half of Americans don’t know what the 4th of July is all about. 😞
Published 3 Jul 2026Nearly half of Americans don’t know what the 4th of July is about – pollOnly 39% of Generation Z correctly linked the celebration to the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.Nearly half of Americans do not know what the country’s 250th anniversary is actually celebrating, despite overwhelming majorities saying they are proud and grateful to be American, according to the Cato Institute.The milestone commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, when the 13 American colonies declared independence from Great Britain.The think tank published its Fourth of July national survey on Thursday, saying the poll of 2,253 US adults was conducted by Morning Consult on June 25-26. It found “civic ignorance” about US history and the system of government, with 46% of Americans not knowing what the country’s 250th anniversary commemorates, while 53% correctly identified it as the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.The confusion was sharpest among young adults. Nearly two-thirds of respondents aged roughly 18 to 26 (often referred to as Generation Z), 61%, did not know what America’s 250th anniversary commemorates, while only 39% correctly linked the celebration to the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
This is so sad on so many levels. One of which is that nearly all citizens of the United States of America were required to take American Historic/Civics in junior and high school. So, certainly one would think that all citizens would correctly know.
But, I think, a good portion of that key word is, “were,” since America is now a burning “melting pot” ── in which the U.S. is being drenched with Moslems and small communities who adhere to Sharia law. 1 And, I do understand that American History is still “mandatory” within high schools, but I also know firsthand that they also teach Islamic history. And even though it is not taught in public schools as a required course, I was threatened by a teacher that if the child we were considering adopting stopped taking the course, he would have been flunked. In a nutshell: Many Americans lack knowledge of U.S. history due to declining civic education, ideological teaching approaches, cultural attitudes toward our past, and disengagement from political and historical learning. 2
Also, and just as sad, many governmental officials, the likes of Zohran Mamdani, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and even Hakeem Jeffries, would rather take the U.S. Declaration of Independence, tear it to shreds, and burn it.
And even besides all of that, although there are multiple billions of Holy Bibles printed in the U.S., the vast majority of our citizens do not understand that the great United States of America was prophesied to be “a great nation” within God’s living word. 1
God’s living word teaches us that Isaac had two sons. And Isaac ended up giving the following blessing to his son Jacob ──
“Then his father Isaac said to him, ‘Come near now and kiss me, my son.’ 28) ‘Therefore may God give you Of the dew of heaven, Of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and wine. 29) Let peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you. Be master over your brethren, And let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, And blessed be those who bless you!’” – Genesis 27:26, 28-29.
Jacob would come to fall in love with Rachel ──
“Now Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, ‘I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.’” – Genesis 29:18.
And their first son she called Joseph, which means, ‘The LORD shall add.’
When Jacob was older, the LORD God renamed him Israel ── ISRAEL means “struggle with God” #3478 – However, many other Bible help books (and I realize that the Strong’s Concordance isn’t the most accurate, or maybe the most extensive word study help you can use; my hardback states “struggle with God” – the Online Strong’s states “He will rule as God”). An older Jacob with poor eyesight would come to pass on his name and gave blessings to Joseph’s two sons ──
“And ISRAEL said to Joseph, ‘I had not thought to see your face; but in fact, God has also shown me your offspring!’
15) And he blessed Joseph, and said: ‘God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, The God who has fed me all my life long to this day, 16) The Angel who has redeemed me from all evil, Bless the lads; Let my name be named upon them, And the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; And let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.’
17) Now when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; so he took hold of his father’s hand to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. 18) And Joseph said to his father, ‘Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.’
19) But his father refused and said, ‘I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also SHALL BE GREAT; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a MULTITUDE OF NATIONS.’
20) So he blessed them that day, saying, ‘By you Israel will bless, saying, ‘May God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh!’21) Then Israel said to Joseph, ‘Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers. 22) Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.’” ── Genesis 48:11, 15-22.
God’s living word is clearly saying to us here that biblically, one or both of the sons of Joseph could be referred to as ISRAEL (though we just read that Ephraim would become ‘a multitude of nations’ all technically referred to as Israel). As well as Joseph, ‘May God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh!’
‘A People That Shall Be Great and A Multitude of Nations’
Israel blessed that Manasseh, the older child, would “become a people, and he shall be great,” and that Ephraim, the younger child, would become “a multitude of nations.” And just as was the blessing, Ephraim did arise first, followed by Manasseh.
Samaria
Truly, some prophecies related to Manasseh refer to it as Samaria, e.g. ──
“The Lord sent a word against Jacob, And it has fallen on Israel. 9) All the people will know──Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria──who say in pride and arrogance of heart … 21) Manasseh shall devour Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; Together they shall be against Judah.” – Isaiah 9:8-9, 21.
“’ When I would have healed Israel, Then the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered, And the wickedness of Samaria. …’” – Hosea 7:1.
So, we can see through some prophecies that Ephraim and Samaria are separate, and at the end Ephraim and Manasseh (who is referred to as Samaria in those two examples) are separate. And while Ephraim is not Samaria, there are times when it appears as Manasseh.
Interestingly, in the time of our Lord Jesus, the Samaritans were only partly Israelites ── even though they “claimed” they were from the tribe of Joseph. God’s word shows us that they were heavily ethnically mixed (cf. 2 Kings 17:24). Apparently, those of the Samaritan cities were not considered Israelites by our Lord Jesus Christ (cf. Matthew 10:5). The apostles Peter and John, as well as the Evangelist Philip, would later preach to people in Samaritan cities (cf. Acts 8:5, 14).
Yes, indeed, the United States of America was prophesied to become a people and become great among the nations.
Sadly, however, our great nation was also prophesied to turn our allies into frenemies ── (Lamentations 1:1-2). □
1 World Population Review 2026, Muslim Population by State 2026, Retrieved 4 July 2026.
2 Copilot Search
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