Hidden In Him
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That's interesting that you feel it's not for decades. I was thinking it was much sooner because of all that is going on. Is there some reason why you feel this way?
It has to do with what scripture actually prophesies in comparison with where we are now. QuietThinker mentioned what paradigm you view things through, and his and mine are different. He sees the beast of Revelation as a type of global amalgamation of the church and state. I see it as the emergence of the Islamic Caliphate, a group of Islamic nations that will eventually morph into the single largest empire in history, larger than even the Roman Empire was, and we are not there yet. This is just one of several things that tell me we still have quite a long ways to go, but it would be a lot of work to explain it all.
I'm hoping it's much sooner because of how things have gotten. Just in my lifetime there has been such a massive change. I honestly don't know how much longer we as a country can go on. Maybe you live in an area not as much affected, but I don't see how we can carry all the populations of South America on welfare and now India. One of my children told me that doctors are leaving the hospital where they work because they said we can't keep giving free health care out to the world. So I'm seeing and hearing these things and am wondering how long things can go on this way.
America is going to go down, yes. As sad as it is to say, this is really our last horrah before the descent into darkness begins. I really don't want to tell you how bad it is going to get, since you are already pretty effected by things already.
For all of Trump's tough talk, he's not securing the border.
I think he's more focused on the economy and may see good immigrants as helping it. I do know he's opposed to the Caravan and is calling it a threat to national security.
Have you been following reports of the caravan? They found middle easterners in the group. All it would take is one of them getting to a nuclear reactor and it's the end. We passed a nuclear reactor near us and I had the eeriest feeling - it just showed me how easy it would be for someone to gain access to it.
When it comes to nuclear devastation, keep in mind that our God has control over all such events. Nothing will happen without His approval, and I don't really see that happening.
In the parable of the ten bridesmaids I take that as God wanting us to stay alert because the end can come at any time.
That's not quite how they interpreted it. Several passages speak of there being numerous events that would need to happen first (2 Thessalonians 2:1-9; Matthew 24:1-32).
But right now I feel an urgency to tell my family of this - I texted them last night that Nostradamus predicted WW 3 in 2018
:) Ok, see this is WHY I believe the Lord gave us signs to watch for first. You need to be careful about believing anyone and anything that says the end is here. Nostradamus was so incredibly vague that people can interpret him as prophesying virtually anything if they put a little effort in. You can do as you wish, but I'm advising you again that it appears you're going off the deep end a little bit here, and you might wanna ease up on that gas peddle just a touch, LoL.
Of course that old struggle I have rises up: what are we to do versus what we leave to God is on my mind. But for right now I feel an urgency to share this. I printed some articles out and gave it to the one pastor of our bible study. The other one was completely not ready to hear. But I'm going to give our church pastor a copy of it.
Just be understanding. He probably knows you better than any of us, and the Lord may have put him in your life to watch over your soul, knowing you could get a little too caught up in things like this. Like I said, maybe he doesn't have eyes to see all of it yet, but talk with him and try to listen if he tells what I'm saying. The fruit of the Spirit is peace, and it sounds like that is being taken from you, which is something you shouldn't allow the enemy to do.
I'll let Brakelite and QuietThinker discuss things with you. Just try to keep in mind what I said.
Blessings in Christ,
Hidden In Him