In the same way that the Israelites went into captivity when they departed from God, the US will succumb to the same fate for the same reason. Lincoln's insight will have its fulfillment within this generation...no matter who is at the helm, unless we as a nation turn around. Our ways are like a cancer destroying from the inside while our eyes view the outside perceiving nothing to be wrong. Of course this will be dismissed as radical, that is until it happens.... PS-This applies also (and maybe more so) to 99+% of so-called "Christians"