A SECRET OF EVIL
A secret of evil is when evil takes on a cooperative and unified identity. With a shared distinctive it can be said that everyone is the same. That is a trick.
I am not concerned so much with terms like National Sin or the sin of a nation or the evil of nations. This is because sin is individual in reality. Collective sin is when a group, or groups, of individuals sin against the will, reign and desire of the Father. To say, ‘The United States (or any nation) is an evil nation because of its laws, culture or social distinctions,’ is to assume a nonentity can be evil. Only evil people in an entity are capable of evil. When a group, or groups, of evil people make evil decisions, the social structures and governments they live in become more given to evil. But the evil that is shared is started by the sin of one and others join in. One evil leader can lead others in their evil. Just as one righteous leader can lead others into righteousness.
To say ‘a nation is getting worse and worse’ is only to say individuals are getting more sinful. This could easily not be as much a social failure as a failure of resistance from the followers of the Kingdom way. Evil isn’t corporate before it is individual.
A bowl of rotten apples started with one rotten apple.
“And when he (Holy Spirit) comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment. The world’s sin is that it refuses to believe in me. Righteousness is available because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more. Judgment will come because the ruler of this world has already been judged.” Jesus