The
other evening I turned on the national news to see what chaos and
mayhem was going on in the world. I really wasn't surprised by what I
heard! Year after year, the headlines are becoming increasingly more
ominous. In the Middle East, Syria is embroiled in a major civil war;
Israel is repeatedly threatened with annihilation; and ISIS is
attempting to build an Islamic State where the beheadings of those who
reject their ideology is commonplace. Then there's Iran, which is
nearing the completion of a nuclear bomb, that will undoubtedly result
in the nuclear proliferation of other nations in the region.
In
Europe, many countries are facing financial collapse. Greece has
already declared bankruptcy. Here in America, our government has managed
to rack up a national debt to the tune of 17 trillion dollars, which
our country will probably live to regret simply because there's no one
to bail us out. If this isn't troubling enough, most of our cities are
becoming more like the wild west where lawlessness has taken over our
streets with daily carjackings and shootings being a common occurrence.
The
opportunists have seized the moment to run commercials between these
alarming headlines to alert everyone to the coming economic collapse
that will make the 2008 crash look insignificant. The survivalist takes
advantage of this mass hysteria to warn everyone to be prepared for the
next act of God or man-made disaster by purchasing a survival kit with a
large supply of food.
If
you had to take two aspirins and lie down after reading these lines, it
is important for you to remember that Paul predicted that perilous
times (II Tim. 3:1) and lawlessness (I Tim. 1:9) would be widespread in
the last days of the age of grace. These troubling events have caused
many believers, who fail to rightly divide the Word of truth, to wonder
if we are in the early stages of the Tribulation. But we want to assure
everyone who reads these words that if you are a believer in Christ you
are delivered from the future Tribulation and wrath to come (I Thes.
1:10; 5:9 cf. Rev. 6:15-17).
Not
one Old Testament prophecy is being fulfilled today, including those
found in the four Gospels and early Acts. This does not necessarily mean
that the stage isn't being set by Satan for coming world events. The
above headlines should remind us that we are living in man's day and
will experience many times the injustices of man's wrath (I Cor. 4:3).
Through it all, we can rest in the peace of God that passes all
understanding--it will keep our hearts and minds through the most trying
times!
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