May 23, 2008
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It’s All Just Signs Of The Times…
Tonight Jeffrey (my pastor’s son) and I took a ride into town. Our reason for going was because Jeffrey is giving the message next Sunday at church, and he wants to use some video footage in the sermon, featuring responses from the community when asked what “Christian” means to them. We started out at the Wal Mart, which is like, the mall here, everybody goes there. We got a couple of nice responses from some nice people that I do banking for, but then we were practically thrown out for having a video camera on their property!!!. The female managers were rather rude to us, despite my asking to see where the rules were stating that we did not have the right to do such. Finally the assistant manager, a guy, came up and talked to us and calmly explained their policies on such matters. I thanked him for his explaining things to us in a calm matter, and them we left and headed for downtown. We live in a tourist trap town, so we figured it wouldn’t be that hard to find people. Boy were we wrong!!! It seemed as if the people saw us coming and ran!!! We got to talk to a few people, and while we got some good responses, most wouldn’t have anything to do with the video camera I was holding.
Jeffrey was quite discouraged, but it showed me what I already knew, that we live in a sin-sick and dying world. A world that wants nothing to do with the things of God.
If only people would wake up and realize that we don’t seem to have a lot of time left.
As you all know I live in Michigan, AKA the “World’s Motor Capital”, so I like to keep up with what’s going on in the auto industry. The past couple of years I have been reading a lot of things that combined with what I know about Bible prophecy have caused me to see how I really believe that the U.S. as a nation is going to lose power and relevance as we race closer and closer to the Rapture. Let me explain why…
There is a passage in the Bible, and forgive me for not posting it here. I thought it was in Revelation, but after just having read the whole book, I can’t find it. But anyways, this passage talks about, well, basically how the United States will be but a tiny and weak nation by then. I mean, have you ever noticed that there is no mention of the US in the Bible???
Now, I’ve said all that to say this, which is, what I think.
As of right now, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are in some of the biggest financial troubles that we have ever scene. Added to the top of that is the skyrocketing price of oil. People are fast learning that those huge trucks and SUV’s just aren’t all that practical anymore.
Things are so bad that in all seriousness there is a very real possibility that by the end of the year, one, if not all, of the Big Three, could be no more.
Along with losing Detroit, would come wide spread panic, and before you know it, our country is a huge financial mess, and the only way to fix it is to bring in outside help. And I just can’t help but think that whomever would come would have it plotted to take over America!!!
So why am I telling you all of this??? Because we can’t waste time just talking about this, we have to do something, we have to show the people the way, and be what God want’s us to be, so that people will want to come to Him.
I love you all…
-Richard.
EDIT: When I originally wrote this I was extremely tired, and I just re-read it and realized that some of it made no sense!!! I do apologize for that!!!
