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5 June, 2026: Nearly three years after her death, the truth about little Sy’kia Epps, the 9-month-old daughter of Kentucky resident Syied Malik-Kawon Epps, 31, has finally come to light. Epps has plead guilty to murder. What is shocking is the manner of death and the fact it was Epps’ other children who finally came forward with the truth on how 9-month-old Sy’kia died.
“All three stated that Mr. Epps had dropped their sister on her head,” Hogan testified. “One articulated … ‘Daddy smashed her on her head really hard and she was upside down.’”
It seems this wasn’t the first time Epps had taken his anger out on the kids. During a phone argument with the mother of the children, it is alleged that Epps referred to his children as “roaches”, and threaten to make them stand on the front porch until she arrived if she was late.
A Shocking Plea Deal
Epps is scheduled for court on July 1st. According to media reports he is going to plead guilty in exchange, the prosecution will recommend a 25 year sentence.
The Love of Many Will Grow Cold
There was a time when it was a rare event indeed to hear that a parent had taken the life of their child. Unfortunately in this day and time, hardly a week goes by without a gruesome story such as this in the news. But the question is, what causes parents to even contemplate, much less carry out such horrible violent deeds? There are two predictions made about the end times that tell us why these things happen. No, we’ll never know the exact reason Epps had such anger focused against his own children and the little 9-month-old in particular.
But we can look at the alarming trend and see exactly why these things have become a part of society in which we live.
1This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; – 2 Timothy 3:1-4 KJV
Some people have felt the passage “Without Natural Affection” applied to homosexuals. However as the time of Jesus’ return draws near, we can see a new meaning in this phrase. What could be more natural than a mother’s or father’s love for a child, especially a baby?
Because lawlessness will multiply, the love of many will grow cold. – Matthew 24:12 CSB
We see a definite trend in society. The cold-heartedness of the world is growing every day.
4 June, 2026: In the next strange phenomenon to hit the world, a series of unexplained sonic booms have been heard in various places all around the world. Even the legacy media is asking ‘should we be worried?’
In all likelihood, this is probably some new top-secret test plane or test missile. Or perhaps its part of some massive ‘black-ops’ project the War Department would love us to forget. But let’s take a look at this:
According to the online publication “What If”, California, Northeast Ohio, Tasmania, Buffalo, Upstate New York and New England are all places that have reported hearing sonic booms. In fact, the article makes a very curious statement:
Sonic booms rattling windows. Fireballs tearing across the daytime sky. Astronomers are now working to understand what’s driving this unusual cluster of major fireball events. The American Meteor Society says roughly one large fireball event producing an audible boom has been occurring every three days. – What If
May I be the first to say, “Hallelujah!” Finally someone is asking the right question. While I personally am cynical enough to say that these sonic booms have a completely normal yet highly-classified explanation. For months on end I marveled at the media’s ‘business as usual’ approach to the most unexplained of strange phenomenon in the skies.
While the article gives us a wide variety of information, it quickly moves into this notion of a possible ‘sound bomb’. A device that uses intense sound vibration in order to create destroy it’s target instead of a chemical-induced explosion.
Questioning the Narrative
One of the things this article does that is absolutely cool in my estimation is that it questions the narrative. This is something I’ve been encouraging people to do for months; When these fireball meteorites began, I started asking questions that no one else was asking. Are we really to believe that this is completely natural phenomenon? Thankfully someone is finally asking questions.
But there is one possibility that no one sees, except those of use who are believers in the Bible. That these things are part of the ‘signs in the heavens’ prophecy in the Bible:
“Then there will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and there will be anguish on the earth among nations bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the waves. 26 People will faint from fear and expectation of the things that are coming on the world, because the powers of the heavens will be shaken. – Luke 21:25-26 CSB
30 I will display wonders in the heavens and on the earth: blood, fire, and columns of smoke. 31 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes. 32 Then everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved, – Joel 2:30-32 CSB
Here we see a wonderful passage of Scripture! God is saying that there will be a very disturbing time coming upon the earth. In my opinion this scripture mirrors the prophecy in the 6th chapter of the book of Revelation. And God makes this wonderful avenue of escape: “Then everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved.” What a comfort to those who are left behind.
We are living in the last days. The times in which we live have been written about thousands of years ago, and they are happening right before our eyes. Just as Jesus scolded the Pharisees of his day, we should keep this reminder in front of us:
“When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ 3 And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.” – Matthew 16:2-3 ESV
Please, I’m begging you, don’t let this be you! Don’t be so hard-hearted that you can see the signs of nature all around you, but fail to see the warnings God himself put in his word to warn you of the end of the age! This is the time; you have no promise of tomorrow.
All you have to do is humble yourself, and accept Jesus as your savior. I know, it has been said many ways. But you see, God wants a family. He has enough servants and we were created to be a family. But our sin has separated us from God. So God gave the best thing he had in heaven in order to pay for the sins of the entire world. All you have to do now is accept that gift of salvation. It requires you make a quality decision, one that you will refuse to go back on. Mix in some faith, and make a confession. That’s all there is. You don’t need a church, an altar, or some long-winded ‘repeat after me’ prayer. You have ‘the measure’ of faith inside you. Everyone does. You can be saved! If you’re ready, say this out loud:
“Father in Heaven, I confess Jesus is Lord. I believe he died on the cross and rose the third day according to scripture. Come into my life”
If you prayed that just now, you are born again! You have become a brand new creature. All the old trappings and sin of your former life have been wiped away, and you have been transferred into the kingdom of God’s dear son. The scripture below is your receipt, your proof of purchase that God has redeemed you.
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.” – Romans 10:9-11 NIV
Note: It is not my intention to rant against medium.com. My purpose is to tell the story, as fairly as I can. In fact I’m going to include the entire email they sent me. I’m going to provide the two links to the articles they flagged as “hateful content”, and I’ll let you decide. But for me, this is a badge of honor. While I’m not being persecuted for the Word of God, I’m very much being discriminated against for my religious views. And that is something I will carry with me, that I was discriminated against for my belief in the Creator of the Universe and his inerrant word, the Bible.
Let’s start with the email:
Hello,
I am writing in regards to your account on medium.com .
We have determined that your account is in violation of our rules:
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First they claimed they had already sent me an email telling me my account had been suspended, but I did not receive any such email. Yesterday I visited the site in order to post my latest story,Trump Blasts Netanyahu In Private Phone Call
I’m nothing if consistent you see, right or left, Republican or Democrat, I call it like I see it. But let me make one thing perfectly clear: Nothing I write is ever hateful. What they call hateful is what I call unwavering truth. The two article referenced are still available right here, today. Transition to Terror: The Trans Movement and Rising Violence
This story is about a man, Robert Dorgan. Now Dorgan was a trans individual. Here is the first thing I wrote in my article:
Now, this may rub Christians the wrong way, but it’s important to set out the truth. And the truth is that people have a right, a God given right, to behave in any way they want. This does not exclude them from judgement, but this is a right for every person. People are allowed to choose whether they want to follow God or not.
There are some people who have decided to take this life and live it in any way they choose. God does not force people to follow him. He may not agree with their choices, but he will not intervene their decision to choose. And, it is important to add, this does not exclude them from judgement due to their behavior.
Now, is this hateful speech? No, this is the truth. Anyone at all on this earth has a right to live their lives any way they want to. They may, like myself and millions of others, dedicate our lives to God’s Messiah, Jesus and spread his Gospel, the Good News that Christ took our place and punishment for our sins in order to reconcile us to God. Others like Mr. Dorgan may decide to reject God and his gift of salvation. But in no way is this hateful unless of course, you have made yourself an enemy of God, and then all of this is hateful.
In my article I went through the steps the Bible lays out in Romans 1:18-32 to lay out, exactly what would cause a person like Dorgan to kill his family. That’s right: I am accused of writing a hateful content article about a man who killed his family. This is the portion of the article that I explained what and why Dorgan did what he did. This is a direct quote from my article:
The latest incidents of violence committed by these ‘trans’ individuals is the mass shooting at the ice hockey rink in Rhode Island. In this heinous act, Robert Dorgan went by the female persona Roberto Esposito. Shockingly, just days before this incident, Dorgan posted a revealing reply to actor Kevin Sorbo. Sorbo had pointed out (correctly) that a member of Congress who is a trans individual was in fact a man. Dorgan apparently thought that stating the truth was some form of harassment. In a Tweet on X (formerly Twitter), he said the following:
keep bashing us. but do not wonder why we Go BERSERK – Roberta Dorgano
I would like to point out the obvious: Stating the truth is hardly ‘bashing’ someone. It is not my intention to speak ill of the dead. But, where does it say that because a person dies, we have to invent nice things to say about them? If any person, wants to pose as a member of the opposite sex they have the freedom from God to do so. And as long as they are not hurting anyone else, I have no reason nor the authority to stop them.
This is the truth that the left calls ‘hate speech’. This is the fallacy of their beliefs. As we have seen many, many times, there is a trend among trans individuals who have a propensity toward violence.
I then went on to explain why people like Dorgan do the things they do, according to the Bible. In Romans 1:18-32, the Bible clearly spells out the progression a person, any person experiences through their rejection of God. Do all of them end up committing acts of violence? No, the Bible gives us a wide variety of evils that eventually overtake people who reject the knowledge of God.
And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a corrupt mind so that they do what is not right.29 They are filled with all unrighteousness, evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, arrogant, proud, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 senseless, untrustworthy, unloving, and unmerciful. 32Although they know God’s just sentence — that those who practice such things deserve to die — they not only do them, but even applaud others who practice them. – Romans 1:28-32 CSB
Story Number Two
The other article was something I bet wasn’t even read. But one day I was watching the Erin Molan show on YouTube. She was talking about transgenderism, and she called it a cult. That got me to thinking, and I decided to conduct a study of my own:
This is another article that exists to this day on my website. In that article I take a very scientific approach to the question: Is transgenderism a cult. And you know what the hateful content was? Neither do I, because I came to the conclusion that transgenderism DID NOT meet the qualifications needed to classify it as a cult. That’s why I say medium.com didn’t even read my article. In that article, I did make the case that should transgenders develop a leadership base that could successfully articulate their beliefs and motives, then one day it might be a cult, but not now.
In Conclusion
Now you have the evidence in it’s entirety. You can see the accusations made my medium, and you can read the articles for themselves. I really am disappointed in mediums actions. It is such a liberal website, very left leaning. I considered myself the ‘token conservative’ among the bunch, a voice in the wilderness if you will. But intolerance knows no bounds. Welcome to the end times, where just as Jesus predicted:
“If the world hates you, understand that it hated me before it hated you.19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you. 20 Remember the word I spoke to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. – John 15:18-20 CSB
In fairness I am going to give medium.com the opportunity to respond to this article. If they decide to respond: I will edit this post and add their response here.
Medium.com Has Decided to Suspend Me Over My Radical Views
3 June, 2026: Tonight, I was sitting here trying to improve my website. A few months ago, I was trying to get more traffic to my site in order to spread the news that Jesus is returning soon, and the signs of this are all around us. AI suggest I create an account at medium.com in order to cross post stories there and possibly gain more views. As for my time on medium, it was largely unproductive. The post “2026: Beginning of the End” was certainly my most popular post by far, with 36 reads. So, not really a smashing success.
Medium is widely known as a liberal or left-leaning website. I felt like the ‘token conservative’ on the site. And if you don’t believe me, let me show you what Google Gemini said when I asked, “Is medium.com known as a liberal website?”
Medium is an open publishing platform, meaning it is not a traditional news organization with a single editorial stance. However, it is frequently characterized by users and observers as having a left-leaning or liberal-leaning audience and contributor base. – Gemini 3 June, 2026.
I’m going to have to start making a list of the websites that have kicked me off their site for my ‘radical views’ on Christianity. Radical means I actually believe the Bible is the inerrant Word of God. Radical means I believe the Word of God over and above anything I can see with my eyes or hear with my ears. Radical means I take the Bible literally: I believe Jesus is a real person, and he walked the streets of Jerusalem 2,000 years ago, give or take a few years.
Radical means that I believe Jesus will someday return to this earth and gather his bride, the Christians alive in the day of his return. Shortly afterwards, there will be a seven year tribulation period that will be God’s wrath poured out on those that remain on earth. At the end of those seven years, Jesus will return once again to reign on this earth for a thousand years.
I genuinely believe we are living in those last days. I began studying Bible prophecy as a teen ager, even before I was born again. I am now 62 years old. I could sit in a court of law if required to and say without any hesitation that the last 6 years have been unlike anything I’ve ever witnessed in my life. I can tell you prophecy after prophecy that is coming true in these days are times are something that has never happened in my 62 years, that is for sure.
From signs in the sun, moon and stars, to unprecedented earthquakes and volcanoes like never before recorded in history, to the litany of countries talking about peace and preparing for war, the last days are here.
And I’m not surprised in the least when the world tries to shut down my message and the message of thousands of watchmen out there all over the world bringing the same message: Jesus is about to return.
So to medium.com I say, I will continue with or without you. But know this: one day you will be judged for your behavior. God will call you forth and he will show you the consequences of your actions on this earth. And you will be judged according to those things.
And for the rest of you, I have asked medium why specifically I was banned. I have a feeling it was for my article about the October 7th depravity carried out on innocent Israelis by the barbarian Palestinians. I got two negative comments about that article on medium. I have appealed and we will just wait and see. In the mean time, we all need to remember the words of Jesus Christ:
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you: A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. – John 15:18-20 ESV
3 June, 2026: According to a report by Axios published on June 1, 2026, President Donald Trump engaged in an intense and expletive-laden phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The conversation, which took place on Monday, June 1, was reportedly triggered by Israel’s plans to resume military operations and airstrikes in Beirut, Lebanon, which Trump felt would jeopardize ongoing diplomatic efforts to secure a peace agreement with Iran.
According to the report, which cited U.S. officials and other sources familiar with the exchange, President Trump’s comments included the following:
“What the f* are you doing?” — Trump reportedly shouted this to open the conversation, expressing his frustration with the planned offensive. (theguardian.com)
“You’re f*ing crazy.”* — He allegedly used this language to describe his view of the Prime Minister’s decision-making regarding the escalation in Lebanon. (axios.com)
“You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. I’m saving your ass.” — Trump reportedly brought up his own role in shielding Netanyahu from legal or political troubles. (theguardian.com)
“Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this.” — Trump expressed his belief that the military actions were causing significant damage to Israel’s international standing. (Washington Examiner)
“If there wasn’t me, there would be no Israel right now.” – However, in a separate context—during an interview on the Pod Force One podcast on June 3, 2026—President Trump made a different remark regarding Israel’s broader security. While discussing his policy toward Iran and his view that Iran would have struck Israel if not for his intervention.
While the United States of America has been on again, off again friends of Israel over the past decades, we have supported Israel on a fairly consistent basis. But in no way, shape or form have we ever been responsible for the safety and continuing protection of the nation of Israel.
Has Trump Forgotten Who Made Him President?
Let’s start by making one thing perfectly clear. It is God himself who protects Israel, not the United States of America, nor Donald Trump. God made a pledge in the Bible that He takes personal responsibility for the protection of Israel, and history has proven that true:
14I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit. 15 I will plant them on their land, and they shall never again be uprooted out of the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God. – Amos 9:14-15 ESV
These verses have come exactly true, to the very letter. Anyone who denies this denies reality, including Trump. Donald Trump did none of these things, they were accomplished by God Almighty, and he didn’t use Trump, didn’t need Trump and doesn’t need him now. And the sooner the President wakes up to the reality that the God who gave him the Presidency is the God who can take it away, the better off he will be.
Trump’s Famous Inauguration Speech
When Donald Trump was sworn in to office in January of 2025, he included a declaration that we all applauded him for:
“I felt then and believe even more so now that my life was saved for a reason. I was saved by God to make America great again.”
How soon has he forgotten! History has a way of repeating itself, mainly because man keeps forgetting the lessons of history.
Nebuchadnezzar Syndrome
The comparison to King Nebuchadnezzar—specifically the account in Daniel 4:30 where the king takes personal credit for the greatness of his kingdom—is a reference that has been used by various commentators, theologians, and critics to address themes of pride, ego, and the perceived lack of humility in his leadership..
In that story, the king has a dream and calls for Daniel to interpret that dream. Daniel is very troubled and prays that the curse be on Nebuchadnezzar’s enemies instead. But the dream is about the king losing sight of the fact that God put him in the position he is in, and in fact taking claiming this was by his own efforts:
Belteshazzar (Daniel)* answered and said, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you and its interpretation for your enemies! 20 The tree you saw, which grew and became strong, so that its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth, 21 whose leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in which was food for all, under which beasts of the field found shade, and in whose branches the birds of the heavens lived—
22it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong. Your greatness has grown and reaches to heaven, and your dominion to the ends of the earth. 23 And because the king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and let him be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven periods of time pass over him,’
24this is the interpretation, O king: It is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king, 25 that you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. You shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and you shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, till you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.
26 And as it was commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree, your kingdom shall be confirmed for you from the time that you know that Heaven rules. 27 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.” – Daniel 4:19-27 ESV
*When the Hebrews were exiled from their homeland, they were given Mesopotamian names in order to assimilate them into the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar.
This is a stunning mirror of what is happening today. When Donald Trump feels like he can take such a brazen attitude against a sitting Prime Minister, particularly the Prime Minister of Israel, this is truly a sobering place to be in.
Mirroring the End Times
The Bible tells us that in the last days, Israel would stand alone against the entire world. I genuinely hate to think that even the United States would be included in that list, but in many, many ways it has already come to pass. The propaganda spread by the entire world has landed hard in the USA, with many so-called Christians actually turning their backs on the apple of God’s eye.
“Behold, I am about to make Jerusalem a cup of staggering to all the surrounding peoples. The siege of Jerusalem will also be against Judah. 3 On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth will gather against it. – Zechariah 12:2-3 ESV
But the good news is that all this is by God’s design; God said, “I am about to make…”, indicating this is part of his plan. But Israel is not to worry, the Bible says that any nation will only hurt themselves by trying to move Israel: and President Trump isn’t immune to God’s warnings.
The Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Is About More Than Gas and Oil
1 June, 2026: In an article posted on New Food Magazine, three main factors are driving the current pressure on global food systems:
1. The Fertilizer Bottleneck (The Silent Crisis)
When people think of the conflict in the Middle East and the current friction in the Strait of Hormuz, they naturally think about crude oil and gasoline. But the biggest threat to the food supply is actually fertilizer.
The narrow Strait of Hormuz is responsible for moving roughly 20% to 30% of the world’s seaborne fertilizer exports, along with the sulfur required to make phosphate fertilizer.
Because of the ongoing maritime standoff and the U.S. blockade on ships utilizing Iranian ports, these shipments are severely delayed or completely gridlocked.
Farmers globally are seeing urea fertilizer prices spike anywhere from 20% to 60%. Because regions like East Africa rely almost entirely on the Middle East for their inputs right as their planting season begins, a lack of fertilizer today means significantly lower crop yields six to nine months from now.
2. The Energy-to-Food Price Link
Food and energy prices are tied at the hip. When it costs more to fuel a tractor, run an irrigation pump, or keep a refrigerated semi-truck moving, the cost of the food inside those systems rises immediately.
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) points out that in developing nations, a 30% spike in energy costs almost immediately translates into massive local food inflation, forcing vulnerable populations to simply buy less to eat.
Even domestically, high fuel costs are pinching major agricultural hubs like California—which produces a massive portion of the nation’s vegetables. When diesel prices surge, the shipping costs to move those crops across the country inevitably get passed down to the grocery store scanner.
3. Diverting Crops to Biofuels
When oil prices spike and traditional energy becomes expensive or hard to secure, governments and energy sectors look for alternatives. This creates an incentive to divert crops like maize (corn), sugar, and oilseeds away from dinner tables and into biofuel production.
This dynamic creates a “food vs. fuel” tug-of-war. With lower expected crop yields due to the fertilizer shortage, diverting what is grown into gas tanks further tightens the global balance, driving food prices up even more.
The Big Picture: UN agencies like the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are warning that the real test will hit late this year and drag into 2027. We are currently eating the food that was successfully grown and shipped before the current chokepoints tightened. The decisions made by world leaders over the next few months to clear these transit routes will dictate whether this remains a temporary, expensive headache or turns into a severe global shortage.
Paving The Way For The Four Horsemen
In a trend that has been taking place over the past month or so, we see things happening that are specifically pointing toward the prophecy of the first four seals in the book of Revelation, better known as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 2And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. 3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. 5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. 7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 8And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. Revelation 6:1-8
As I have written previously, there was a time when I considered the third horse, the black horse, as a representation of famine. This is still considered the standard interpretation to this day. However, if this is a famine, it is one of the strangest famines ever recorded. In this famine, food is available, however prices are so high, no one can afford to buy food.
The article points out that prices of food is going to be squeeze upward because of the shortages. I have since came to believe that the third horseman of the apocalypse represents runaway inflation. A time when food prices are so high, it takes a day’s wage in order to buy a meal.
In the specific prophecy, the rider shouts, “A measure of wheat for a penny; three measures of barley for a penny.” First of all, a penny is not the copper coin in your pocket. In this example the actual Greek phrase is “Denarius”; a standard payment for one’s days work. A measure of wheat is enough wheat for a loaf of bread. Now, barley is an inferior grain. Even to this day, we generally use barley to flavor things. However, if you have a family to feed, you would opt for 3 measures of barley, in order to make enough loaves for your entire family.
So what we’re seeing here is not a lack of food but simply the cost of food has risen so high that only the rich can afford anything beyond the basic necessities. And this is coming true in this day and age. Even today, the one category that inflation is seen to this day is food costs.
Mrs. Lowe, was my science teacher. We had a very small school, and she taught science for 7th, 8th, and 9th grade. One day she placed a pencil on the lab desk and announced “this pencil has potential energy”.
Then, she took her hand and rolled the pencil on the counter. “Now,” she said, “this pencil has kinetic energy.” She went onto explain the First Law of Thermodynamics.
The First Law of Thermodynamics, also known as the Law of Conservation of Energy, states that energy cannot be created or destroyed; it can only be transformed from one form to another.
I had no idea why at the time, but I could not stop thinking about this law of thermodynamics. Only years later, did I read an article from CERN (European Council for Nuclear Research). They were explaining the Big Bang Theory.
“In this first moment, all the energy of the universe was one. The forces of nature were unified, and the energy was pure and perfect. But this perfection could not last. In a fraction of a second, the symmetry broke, and the energy exploded outward. This was the Big Bang.” — CERN, Big Bang AR app
For me, this was the moment: This was exactly when I realized what God had been trying to teach me all those years ago.
First of all, how can something pure and perfect explode? Perfect means without flaw, without imperfection. How can something perfect result in chaos? It can’t. It simply cannot. Anything that explodes, explodes because of an instability. Anything that explodes does so because of an inherent instability—just like gasoline detonating under pressure. But pure, perfect energy shouldn’t have an instability. It couldn’t just randomly break. It required an action. A decision.
But here’s where it became this ‘aha’ moment for me. If energy cannot be created or destroyed, the only explanation for that is energy exists outside of time. If it cannot be created, that means it has no beginning. If it cannot be destroyed, that means it has no ending. Anything in this dimension of matter has a beginning and an ending. Because anything in this dimension is subject to time.
So let me give you what I have surmised about the Universe. God is that energy, and he exists outside of time. So in CERN’s example, let’s alter it just a little bit.
Before the Universe began there was energy. And this energy was pure and perfect. This energy also had a consciousness. This energy made a decision to create a matter universe, and decided to govern this universe with time. And when God spoke this universe into existence, the sheer power of that energy still reverberates throughout the universe. And that reverberation is known as the Big Bang.
I love it when science proves the Bible to be true, and even more so when they don’t even realize what they have done. I once saw a billboard: “There is no reality, all is perception”.
So from that we can see that just a little different perception in what science calls reality can prove what the Bible says is true.
You were created for one reason. Your purpose is individual to you, but we were all created for one reason: Because God wants a family. Christians often refer to themselves as servants of God, and in a way that’s true. However we are servants to the extent that an obedient son or daughter obeys their parents. But God has enough servants, he wants a family. And that is the meaning of life: To fulfill your destiny and take your place as a son or daughter of the Most High God.
October 7th Attack on Israel Much Worse Than Originally Thought
Warning: The following information will most likely be very hard for most to hear. If you are the type of person who is easily upset, please reconsider reading this post. It could be too much for some people to take.
“Hamas launched this war by perpetrating the worst savagery our people have seen since the Holocaust. Hamas murdered children in front of their parents. Murdered parents in front of their children.” – Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, October 30, 2023
For 2,000 years, people of all nations and all races have made it a practice of hating Jews. It really is appalling once a person thinks about it, for all our proclaimed advancements and enlightenment. But really we’re still following in the footsteps of our fathers and grandfathers, who made up reasons to hate the Jews.
There is one group of people in the Bible that is so heinous, so evil, so despiteful that God mentions them more than any other group: Edom. No other group of people on the face of the earth today has sparked so much anger and revenge than the Edomites. And who are these Edomites today? Palestine.
In biblical prophecy, Edom (the nation descended from Esau, Jacob’s twin brother) is frequently singled out for exceptionally severe judgment. While many neighboring nations face prophecies of destruction, the pronouncements against Edom are uniquely harsh, focusing on complete desolation and a lack of restoration.
Betrayal of a Brother
The primary reason given for Edom’s judgment is their violence, malice, and lack of brotherhood toward Israel (Jacob).
Gloating and Plundering: When Jerusalem was destroyed (most notably by the Babylonians), Edom did not just watch; they rejoiced in Israel’s downfall, actively intercepted Hebrew fugitives to hand them over to their enemies, and plundered their wealth.
Perpetual Hatred: Prophecies describe Edom as harboring a “perpetual hatred” or an “ancient enmity” against Israel, refusing to let go of the ancestral grudge between Esau and Jacob.
This matches up so closely with the current feeling of Palestinians toward Israel it cannot be anything except prophecy. From the time Palestinians are children they are taught institutionalized hatred of the Jewish people. It is nothing short of futility as far as I am concerned to try to broker peace between these two entities. Palestinians are condemned by God himself; even He doesn’t see a way of reconciling these two peoples.
Complete and Total Desolation
Unlike prophecies for countries like Egypt or Moab, which sometimes include a promise of future restoration or a remnant surviving, the judgment on Edom is absolute.
A Perpetual Wasteland: The land is prophesied to become a barren desert where no one will pass through, populated only by desert animals, wild owls, and ravens.
No Restoration: Prophecies explicitly state that even if Edom tries to rebuild its ruins, God will tear them down, leaving them permanently devastated.
No Mercy: Because they cut down Hebrew fugitives, they will be cut down.
An Eye For An Eye: Because they plundered, they will be completely ransacked by their own allies and stripped bare.
The shortest book in the Old Testament, Obadiah is dedicated solely to the doom of Edom for their behavior during Jerusalem’s fall. Isaiah 34 uses incredibly vivid, apocalyptic imagery to describe the “sacrifice in Bozrah” (a chief city of Edom), where the land is turned into burning pitch and brimstone. Malachi 1:2-4 contrasts God’s choice of Jacob over Esau, famously coining the phrase that Edom will be called “the Territory of Wickedness” and the people with whom God is angry forever.
Warning: The Following Content May Be Disturbing
On May 12 of this year, a report was issued by The Civil Commission on October 7 Crimes by Hamas Against Women and Children. This is an independent Israeli non-governmental organization made up of international law experts, legal scholars, and activists, led by international law expert Cochav Elkayam-Levy. This report was titled, “Silenced No More: Sexual Terror Unveiled – The Untold Atrocities of October 7 and Against Hostages in Captivity”
It is the culmination of a extensive two-year independent investigation. The findings are based on the review of more than 10,000 photographs and video segments (over 1,800 hours of visual footage), alongside 430+ testimonies from survivors, witnesses, first responders, medical personnel, and released hostages.
The 290-page report systematically identifies 13 distinct patterns of gender-based and sexual violence. It concludes that these acts were not isolated incidents but a widespread, systematic operational method that constitutes war crimes, crimes against humanity,and genocidal acts under international law.
The Specific Allegations
The 290-page report identifies 13 distinct recurring patterns of violence across multiple sites. These including residential kibbutzim, the Nova Music Festival, roadsides, and public shelters. The specific claims and atrocities documented include:
Systematic Sexual Terror: The report concludes that sexual violence was not accidental or isolated, but a deliberate, organized tactic used as an operational method of warfare to terrorize Israeli society.
Sexual Torture and Mutilation: Graphic documentation of victims enduring extreme physical cruelty, including gang rape, intentional burning, bodily mutilation, and forced insertion of objects into the genitalia.
“Kinocidal” Sexual Violence: A term the commission uses to describe violence specifically targeted at destroying the family structure. This included forcing family members to witness the execution or sexual degradation of their loved ones. In at least one documented case, coercing hostages into performing sexual acts on one another.
Postmortem Desecration: Evidence of sexual abuse, undressing, and mutilation performed on corpses after execution.
Targeting of Male Victims: The report notes that these acts of sexualized torture were not restricted to women and girls; men and boys were also systematically subjected to sexual violence and abuse.
Prolonged Abuse in Captivity: The investigation highlights that these extreme forms of gender-based violence did not end on October 7. Incredibly, they continued systematically against both male and female hostages held in Gaza.
Hamas Used Go Pros and Body Cameras
The report extensively highlights how Hamas and its collaborators weaponized digital and social media as a form of psychological warfare.
The Use of GoPros and Body Cameras: Terrorists wore GoPros, tactical body cameras, and utilized smartphones to systematically record, livestream, and document their actions in real time.
Weaponizing Victims’ Technology: In multiple instances, perpetrators used the victims’ own phones or hijacked their personal social media accounts to stream live executions, abuse, and humiliation. These videos were streamed directly to the victims’ families and friends.
Amplifying Terror: The commission treats this digital recording not just as propaganda, but as an extension of the physical violence itself. Designed intentionally to maximize the psychological trauma of relatives and the broader public. In essence, effectively treating the bodies of women and victims as “trophies of war.”
Meanwhile, In America…
Here in the USA, democrats, liberals and even politicians fill their eyes with crocodile tears over the plight of the “oppressed Palestinian people”. The lies Palestinians tell about Israel are swallowed hook, line and sinker, because the world hates the Jew. And just as the Bible predicted, and as we see Americans hop in bed with Islam and sleep with Palestinians. Their willingness to be deceived is truly remarkable.
But make no mistake about it. Those who sleep with the enemy will also endure the wrath with the enemy. In three different places in the Bible, God specifically mentions those who allied themselves with Edom, and spelled out their fate. In Jeremiah chapter 25, Jeremiah is commanded to take the wine cup of God’s fury and make all the nations drink from it. Edom is listed explicitly alongside her neighbors and allies (including Moab, Ammon, and the kings of Tyre and Sidon). The text implies that those who shared in Edom’s sins and anti-Israel alliances will ultimately drink from the exact same cup of desolation.
Palestine has partnered with Satan himself. They are his children and their god is Satan. Their hatred for the Jews runs so deep within them that they have turned themselves over to his control. And the warped, evil, depraved world has molded themselves right along with it. One of the most disgusting things I have ever witnessed in my life was the man Yasser Arafat.
The Terrorist Who Was Invited To The White House
Yasser Arafat was one of the most depraved, evil individuals ever to walk this earth. The only difference between Arafat and Hitler was the fact that Hitler had the power to carry out his wishes against the Jews, while Arafat did not. Still he tried his very best to wipe every single Jew from the face of the earth.
Yet in 1994, Yasser Arafat was given the Nobel Peace Prize. This is a man who ordered suicide bombers to attack Israeli school buses. This man, despite his heavy insistence he was not involved, was proven to be part of the ‘Black September’ terrorist group, and had a hand in planning the 1972 attack on Israeli athletes during the Olympics in Munich Germany. This infamous event has since become known as the Munich Massacre. Ten athletes along with one West German Police officers died.
But Democrat President Bill Clinton welcomed Yasser Arafat into America and even into the White House itself. Of all foreign dignitaries, Arafat spent more time in the White House than any other.
The world sides with a demon while effectively thumbing their nose at Israel.
The Handwriting on the Wall
The hatred the world has for Israel and Jews isn’t natural. It is a supernatural hatred and loathing that is planted in the hearts of the evil people in this world. As I’ve said many times before, the Jewish people and the nation of Israel is solid proof that the Bible is true. God did this by writing the history of Israel and the Jews in advance. The entire Old Testament is full of promises to restore the nation of Israel in the last days. Despite what you have been told by skeptics, this is uncontroversial evidence. In 1948, the nation came into being in a single day, exactly as was prophesied:
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. 12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, 14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD. – Ezekiel 37:11-14 KJV
“Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.” – Isaiah 66:8 KJVew
In 1967, the nation of Israel captured Jerusalem, exactly as predicted in the Bible.
1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: 2 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you. 3 The days are coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity and restore them to the land I gave their ancestors to possess,’ says the LORD.” – Jeremiah 30:1-3 NIV
10 “‘So do not be afraid, Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile. Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid. 11 I am with you and will save you,’ declares the LORD. – Jeremiah 30:10-11 NIV
1 “In those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will put them on trial for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel, because they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land. – Joel 3:1-2 NIV
In Conclusion
This is the real reason Israel is despised, Jews are persecuted, and hated among all people. This is the reason that Christians are quickly becoming just as hated as the Jews. Because our future as well was written in advance, we are becoming despisable to the world. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Think about this: Take a look at the world; all you see is corruption, violence, murder, hatred: In fact, read this:
28Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice.
They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;31 they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. 32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them. – Romans 1:28-32 NIV
Now, is this the group you want to be associated with? Absolutely not. But this is the group that is embracing Islam. Which religion do you believe is the true religion? The religion of Christianity is shunned worldwide. As the world becomes more and more evil, the deeper they find kinship with the Muslims and the more Christianity is hated. As I recently heard on social media, do Christians strap suicide bombs to their backs?
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this world you love so much has been on a countdown for the last 2,000 years, and the time is just about up. Never before in the history of the world have we seen things so perfectly aligned with the Bible. The Bible speaks more about this time we are living in right now, than any other time, including the 1st Coming of Christ. And every single one of those things are happening.
Like most of you, I have been watching current events with a wide array of emotions. First of all, there is the frustration of what most of us see as completely unreasonable events. Men in women’ s sports; the ever expanding list of pronouns that will soon need an entire dictionary of their own; men having the right to walk into a women’ s bathroom; the idea that children may not be old enough to drink, smoke, vape of even drive, but are old enough to decide to be transgender.
Then the outright anger. Two people, who were young; a handsome young man and a beautiful young lady, both who were very smart, with their entire lives ahead of them, senselessly gunned down over nothing more than their ancestry. I’m talking about the recent terrorist event at the Jewish Heritage Museum in Washington, D.C. People who commit crimes against Jews, but are not prosecuted by liberal prosecutors, because their careers are more important than justice. People who gather together in prayer only to be attacked by organized militant groups.
Then there is fear. Can you safely send your children to school? Go out in public? The sudden embrace of lawlessness by liberals who not only condemn the enforcement of law, but have somehow made their way into power?
If you don’t know Christ, then you have very good reason to be terrified! Not only do you have good reason, but things are only getting worse from here. This is only a shadow, a preview of what is coming! But for Christians, we know all these things that are happening are simply signs that the most monumental event in the history of the world is about to take place.
We Are Not Alone
There is no good reason for a Christian to feel hopeless. I know, I myself struggle with anger and frustration. I literally cringe when I think about these things that are happening right here in America. You need to read my other blog on this very same site: Signs of the Times. More than once I mention how much the world has changed in the years I’ve been alive. When I think of the times when I was young, it’s like thinking about a different world. If you are under 30, you have no idea what my time as a youth was like.
It’s hard to see the America I knew when I was younger turn into this evil generation. The things that pass for acceptable now would never have taken place in my America. Recently I made a comment about all the earthquakes, particularly those on the east coast as being our Founding Fathers rolling over in their graves. A country where laws are enforced at the discretion of a mob of protestors?
But as Christians we are not alone! We have a very real, very interested God who watches over us day and night. And His word promises us that ‘not one hair on our head shall perish (Luke 21:18). Not only do we have a God, but we have a Savior Jesus Christ who completed our redemption by dying in our place. This gives us the right to come to God the Father with boldness.
The Writing Is On The Wall
All these things are happening around us and will continue to happen and it will get worse. This is simply a progression of events that take place when a group of people turn their backs on God. Some people may believe this is some sort of judgement. But that is not the case. This is more of cause and effect, as was clearly laid out in the Bible. The Bible tells us that God has reserved his judgement on mankind for now, in order to get them the opportunity to repent. But those days are drawing to an end.
So let’s lay this out in very simple terms. First of all, there will be no excuses. I’ve heard many people say foolish things like when they face God they’re going to say things like, why didn’t you let me know you were real? That isn’t going to fly. Why did you make me gay? He didn’t. These are simply the arrogant ponderings of those who have already knowingly turned their backs on God and the Bible proves it: (For this I will be using the New Living Translation in the hope that if an unbeliever reads this, he or she will be able to understand the plain modern language of the translation)
18 But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness. 19 They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. 20 For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. – Romans 1:18-20 NLT
Do you realize what this is saying? God has made his presence obvious! God is telling us that through his creation, his existence is obvious, and therefore people will not be able to use the excuse of atheism in order to justify their sins. As a Christian you know this is true. We live in a fallen, corrupt world.Yet despite its current state, there are beautiful places all over this earth.
The Law of Entropy and Creation
I asked Microsoft’s AI, Copilot a question and here is the answer I received: (My comment highlighted in yellow)
Please tell me about the law of entropy and why the earth’s living plants seem to disobey this law.
The law of entropy comes from the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which states that the total entropy (disorder) of an isolated system always increases over time. In simple terms, things naturally tend toward disorder—heat spreads out, energy disperses, and systems break down rather than build up.
But living plants seem to defy this trend, growing in complex, organized ways. The key is that plants are not isolated systems—they take in energy from the Sun through photosynthesis. This influx of solar energy allows them to build order, grow, and maintain structure, even as entropy increases elsewhere in the universe. It’s like tidying up a room—you need energy (effort) to counteract the natural tendency toward disorder.
So, while entropy is always increasing in the big picture, plants locally decrease entropy by harnessing external energy. They aren’t breaking the law—they’re just working with nature in a clever way.
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Do you see how even AI talks about nature in a way that implies a design, an order of things? In fact, Microsoft’s AI directly attributes this ability to ‘work with nature in a clever way’. As if this ethereal, non-entity ‘nature’ has a consciousness and can work around problems!
So, without even realizing it, scientists already acknowledge that a power of some sort actively works to find ways around problems.
As Goes One Part, So Goes Another
Now we see that we have this group of people who knowingly turn their backs on the knowledge of God. Now the Bible says what happens is a result of that disobedience. Not that God is judging someone but as simple cause and effect. For example, you get in a car, start it, put it in gear, and press the gas. Would you be surprised if the car moved forward? You’d be surprised if it didn’t!
21 Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. 22 Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. 23 And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles. – Romans 21-23 New Living Translation
Now we see the effect. Their minds become dark and confused. They believe themselves to be wise, but instead they become foolish in their thinking! Stop and reflect on that for a moment! Do you think it’s foolish to allow men to participate in women’s sports? Do you wonder why anyone would think that is acceptable? Now you know why.
“They worshipped idols made to look like mere people, birds and animals.” The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same. In today’s vernacular they have simply hidden their idols. They call this ‘Nature’, ‘Mother Nature’, ‘Mother earth’. Some even call it ‘Evolution’. But no matter the name they give it, they have replaced the One True Living God with an idol; this idol may be symbolic in nature, but it is an idol nonetheless. Because to believe all this came from simply nothing, or a huge series of coincidence is just too unbelievable for anyone to accept. Whether they admit it or not.
Another thing scientists have given supernatural powers to is time. Take nothing, add a few billion years of time, and viola! You have a completely formed universe, ready to move it. It is nothing short of mind boggling that scientists are willing to give these natural things supernatural abilities, but won’t recognize the supernatural ability of a Creator.
24 So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies. 25 They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.
26 That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. 27 And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.
28 Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. 29 Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. – Romans 1:24-29 New Living Translation
Do you think homosexuality is the problem? NO! It is nothing more than a symptom of a problem. Not all people fall into homosexuality; but no matter what evil their hearts desire, they give in to those desires. And do you see why? Not because God has cursed them, but because he abandoned them to the evil one. This is why mothers kill their children; and why fathers kill their entire families. Why a stranger walks into a public place and kills people at random. And that is why you see all of these things happening with increased frequency;because they have refused to acknowledge God.
We Have Focused on the Wrong things
When I was young, just a kid, the Beatles exploded onto the scene. I remember being in 4th grade and having long hair and people ‘mistaking’ me for a girl. My mother was a Missionary Baptist; and if you’ve never suffered much in your life, may I recommend a Missionary Baptist Church? At church we had a New Year’s eve service called ‘Night Watch’. Basically it was the worst New Year’s Eve party on earth. No one believed in playing guitars in church, no one believed in dancing, drinking, women wearing pants, and believe it or not, nobody believed in clapping their hands. I kid you not.
Here I was this little long haired kid at Night Watch service. The pastor even got up on the stage to remark he had seen a child that ‘I couldn’t tell you if it was a boy or girl’. While churches all over the country played these silly games of trying to earn righteousness, the real war was going on behind their backs. In 1963 the Supreme Court ruled that Bible study could no longer be taught in schools. Some years before, evolution was introduced as an alternative to creation.
So in a very real way, we are simply harvesting the crops we planted in negligence. We allowed ourselves to be focused on the mundane, the shallow, the nonsensical rather than keep our nation clean of all this evil through the underlying cause: Idol worship. If you teach a child he is nothing but an animal, don’t be surprised if he acts like an animal. If you teach a child that unborn lives doesn’t matter, then don’t be surprised when he doesn’t think any life matters.
30 They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents. 31 They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy. 32 They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too. – Romans 1:30-32 New Living Translation
Now we see the full harvest of their actions and it reads like an excerpt from a news story. I once hurt some feelings with a very real comment I made. Not because I wanted to hurt someone or offend them, but because sometimes the bold truth is needed to wake someone up. This is what I said:
“So basically you scrimp and save, trying to build up a decent college fund. You buy store brand food, you cut corners, you even shop at Goodwill, just to make sure that your child has a future. Then you send them off to some prestigious college like Harvard, Princeton or some other college. And four years later they send you back a blue-haired, face pierced, anti-Semitic, non-conformist who spends the next 20 years living in your basement”
While this may seem harsh, it is an accurate statement about the programming into your child’s mind that happens when they go off to college. While this doesn’t happen to every student, the percentages are high enough to make any parent cautious about sending a child off to any higher education facility.
There’s a Light At the End of The Tunnel, and It’s Not an Oncoming Train
The more we see these things come to pass, the more we should lift up our heads! The more excited we should be. While things are terrible on this planet right now, there is about to be a huge change!Imagine a world without crime; a world without hunger, homelessness, or disease. Imagine a time when people are happy, and the air is clear and water is pure. Living in a world where snakes are no longer poisonous, lions and tigers no longer pose a threat to humans.
No this isn’t some made up fantasy world, In fact this is how the world was intended to be in the first place. The garden of Eden was a real place; and it will be remade again. And someday we as children of God will be able to live there. But for right now, we have nothing to fear about the events taking place upon this earth.
But that doesn’t mean we don’t have a duty to fulfill while we’re here. We can make big changes to the world around us! Hasten the return of the Lord, by spreading the Gospel. We can make sure those who are hurting around us have the tools they need to turn their lives around if that is what they want to do.
Remember we have to be like God; if someone is on a road to destruction we have no right to pull them off that road. We can tell them about the road they’re on; we can offer every type of assistance possible. But the one thing we cannot do is interfere with their right to choose to destroy themselves.
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