Does God Judge Nations?

For this essay we assume God's unqualified presence, and the moral judging requisite of a Creator. God both exists, and judges right, wrong, glory, sinfulness, and life from death.

 

Then, does God also judge entire nations? This is a tricky query, because the intrinsic notion may be that individual souls are divinely assessed, not whole countries. But, Scripture is clear: nations are strictly held to account all throughout the Bible. 

In the Torah, i.e., the five beginning books of the Old Testament, the nation of Israel is frequently admonished for sustaining a culture of sinning, and turning away from God's values. Shockingly, God ultimately floods the entire world, all the nations, for ignoring the Commandments that pained, frustrated Moses was given.

Another interesting pattern is described throughout Scripture. In chapters of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Isaiah,  there are nine oracles of judgment against a group of nations—Egypt, Philistia, Moab, Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar and Hazor, Elam, and Babylon—followed by Jerusalem’s utter destruction. Yaway of the Torah ultimately judges harshly, after repeated attempts at patience that the offending nations squandered.

Continuing our assumptions and premises here, how does God judge the nations of the present world, the warring aggression between God-fearing and godless nations? Meanwhile, in a tangled misdirection of rapidly eroding values, our American culture's ethical structures are becoming more and more secular every minute--with no end to that trend. Where is the US headed, without God?

Finally, there is no point whatsoever in believing in the existence of a Creator, unless-- it's a moral, just, and loving God. Thus, let every nation be judged.