Just because your preacher says so, doesn’t mean God agrees:
So many of us who become involved in religions seem to forget that the bible states that no one knows when Christ is coming back. The bible goes on to state that he will come like a thief in the night, meaning God will send him at a time when He chooses and not a moment sooner regardless of how badly so many of us want him to: regardless of what transpires here on earth that we mortals think or believe will portend his arrival.
Every generation since the Crucifixion have declared that all the “signs” are there…..his return is going to happen soon, in their lifetime. Even today, preachers point to the signs. Wars and rumors of wars, disease, famine and plague along with natural disasters such as earthquakes and mega hurricanes are named as signs of the end times. Congregations around the world are regaled with sermons based on the premise that the church leader has insider knowledge, a greater capacity to understand the bible and interpret its contents. God is speaking to their hearts, giving them words of knowledge that only they seem to hear: only they are privy to. How would they know whether it is God speaking to them, or just a self serving inner dialogue that will play well to audiences. The fact is, they don’t and we have no way of knowing one way or the other.
My problem with all of this is that wars and rumors of war, natural disasters, disease and famine have occurred with such regularity throughout our known history, and now occur more as a result of bad science (or mad science, maybe) than through any biblical prophecy. Add to this the behind the scenes manipulations of world events by unseen forces (of the human kind) which have made war so profitable. On top of this add the intent by global elitists to depopulate the world through created diseases, food shortages, water shortages and genocides by all sorts of means, and what you end up with is less biblical prophecy and more man’s inhumanity to man.
My second problem with these scenario’s is that God seems to speak only to corrupt politicians, self-aggrandizing mega preachers, and, the insane. And what is the major difference between the first two and the last? The insane actually believe what they say and they don’t need your money or a TV camera to do it. The first two require large amounts of both. What would God need with money or a TV station? And, if God wanted to start a war I don’t believe he would need the likes of GW Bush to do it.
Don’t construe this to mean that there are not God-fearing, bible preaching ministers out there who truly try to do God’s bidding. There surely are. But these ministers and preachers usually don’t drive luxury cars, live in fabulously expensive homes or wear Rolex watches. They don’t own one or more private jets, or wear custom made suits costing thousands of dollars. Neither do they have traveling hair sylists and makeup artists and personal attendants to see to their every need or want. They don’t make vague claims about getting words of knowledge about a healing of someone named “Bob” who has a bad knee that is being healed right now somewhere in a place far, far away. These ministers and preachers know their congregations usually by name. They know who is in need, even if it is just in prayer. Church services for them are personal even if you have no money to “tithe”.
In the end remember that only God knows when the end will come, and He isn’t telling. He’s not telling you, or me or even that rock star preacher that is building yet another TV station somewhere in the world rather than feeding the hungry, caring for the sick or the homeless or tending to the injured spirit of his fellow man.
Regardless of what we want, what we do or who we align ourselves with, regardless of what happens around us or in the world, God will show up when He’s good and ready to and not a moment before. Stop looking for some kind of sign or combination of signs that God is on His way. There won’t be any. He said so Himself. Your job here is to live your life abundantly…….and that doesn’t necessarily mean monetarily profitable…….it means to live joyously and abundantly in the spirit of the Lord.
Finally, keep this in mind. Just because WW3 might be started in the near future does not mean that Armagheddon is taking place. WW3 will be just another instance of man’s stupidity and greed but it will not be the end of the world by God’s decree. Twisting scripture to suit human events and actions is not the same as God deciding He has had enough.
Marti Oakley (c) 2008
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