We are in a time of great distress and the sins of a nation have come to its fullness.  Justice cries out for its time of administration.  In generations past and kingdoms past this has also been the case when the wickedness of men & women usher in the judgement of God collectively as a nation. Rest assured that those who trust and walk upright before him will receive his mercy and protection but we are called to be in the mist of those who rebel against God as a witness and misters of his unending mercy.