What pattern does Les see in empires and nations regarding the knowledge of God?
The recurring pattern is that empires and nations may begin with a high level of spirituality and knowledge of God, then degenerate downward. Israel started on that high plain but went down until no remedy. Post-Reformation Europe was aflame with the Word, then followed the same downward track.
Les teaches that this is a repeated pattern: various empires and nations may begin with a high level of spirituality and knowledge of God, but they degenerate. He points to Israel, which started on a high plain with the knowledge of God under the Creator God, yet went down, down, down until God had to say there was no remedy. He also points to Pharaoh, where every rejected plague brought a worse one, leaving Egypt a shambles because of arrogance, and says the human race does this over and over. After the Reformation, Europe was aflame with the Word of God and great men of God covered Europe, but Europe went the same track down, down, down until society before World War II was as rotten and ready as today.