The “last Days”—very Much In Evidence

The “last Days”—very Much In Evidence
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This was originally written September 8, 1993, almost 8 years before the twin towers suicide bombings. That is not a long time in God’s eyes. The same truths I wrote then are still the same truths for today. I write now with little more insight and updated. I forgot I had written this until I had some disturbing news this week; showing just how close it is hitting home. I will not give details at this time. I write this as a witness to all that has been happening in rapid succession. It gets worse and worse. So many don’t believe it is as bad as I claim.They don’t want to believe. It might upset their style of living.

They are, in a sense prosperous by the way of the credit card. They can live like a rich man. They just don’t know how poor they are. Matthew 6:24 “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (money). In a sense we are bowing to the plastic god. We can buy anything we want.

We don’t need money. I fell into that trap too and can’t get out. I make a big payment but it barely makes the debt go down. It was called usury back in Exodus; interest on a debt. The one who owes is indebted to the lender. They can charge as much interest as they want. It keeps going up. I did cancel all credit cards but I am still bound to the paper I signed. I can not buy another thing that way. I remember a song sung by Tennessee Ernie Ford. “I owe my soul to the company store”. This is so true.

Without any forethought of my own, the Holy Spirit is leading me to Second Timothy. Please pray for me as I write. We will start with Chapter 3, verse 1: “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.” Perilous means dangerous, full of risk. In the Greek, it adds the idea of reducing the strength or furious. Is it dangerous when a young girl can go to her bus stop in broad daylight and be abducted into a car by a strange man, taken into the woods and tied to a tree, left to die?

Is it dangerous when a person can leave work, get in the car and be shot in a drive by shooting? Is it dangerous when a woman can go into a variety store and have her throat slashed just for her little bit of money? This was in broad daylight with other people walking around. I can attest to that. I was in that store just after it happened.

Is it dangerous when an aged woman can be sleeping in her bed, only to wake up to find a rapist hovering over her? She was so afraid of being alone and had invested in all kinds of protection gadgets. What good did they do? Only God and His angels can protect. I, myself have had many incidents where I was protected against all odds.

Yes, Christians can sometimes be caught in the cross fire. God will give you peace in the midst of it. I have faced many scary situations. Although they still happened, God turned them around and used them for His own glory. Someday, if I am so led, I will write about these as my testimony that Jesus will never leave us or forsake us. He is in the fiery furnace with us. Verse 11-12 “Persecutions, afflictions, which come unto me---but out of them all God delivered me.”

The devil can not do anything to us that God does not permit. Remember Job. These things may be allowed to test our faith and teach us something. I won’t elaborate on this.

Verse 2 “For men shall be lovers of their own selves”. This is the “me first” generation. We love “me”; too bad for you. This love of self keeps a person in debt. As an example, you can buy a $100 dress when you only have enough cash for a $10 one. A man can buy an expensive car but could only get a junk car for the actual cash he may have. Of course there are always exceptions.

All these “rights” people are fighting for cannot be from God. Cults and other groups against God want to “worship” as they please. They can do wicked things out in the open and no one can dare criticize them. It doesn’t matter who they hurt in the process. A woman can be a witch and practice her witchcraft on unsuspecting individuals. In these times, 2002, Harry Potter is a good example, a kid’s book teaching children all about witchcraft and spells, very explicit. Even younger Christian mothers don’t see the danger in the book. Oh, that God would open their eyes to the truth.

Self love is the witch’s creed. She loves herself and her life style. She drags whomever she can into her trap. She pulls them away from God. Christians don’t have rights, though. They are taken away as fast as they can be. We are not allowed to talk about our beliefs in public. No prayer

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