On November 4, 1979, the United States Embassy in Iran was overtakenby rebel students. For 444 days, they held about sixty American hostages captive. Efforts by then President Jimmy Carter to rescue them, failed miserably. The reputation of the United States Embassy of being a haven for anybody who seeks shelter and asylum was severely tarnished. The reputation of the United States in the Middle East would never be the same again. The U.S. lost its state of high esteem it once had in that region. What was God saying about the U.S. nation at that time?