This . . .
Randy Bohlender is Running For PRESIDENT! He announced just this week and his campaign is turning the political world upsidedown. He is promising to be a divider not a unifier.
As a result of this major development, John Kerry has thrown in the towel. He wants no part of a debate with anyone so committed to dividing out the riff-raff.
Randy's campaign slogan? . . . "Together We Can Make A Mess".
Check out his link and get on his politcal bandwagon.
.
That . . .
I would again encourage you to make Charity a daily blog stop. Her post is brief and concise and presents great daily food for thought.
.
This is That . . .
I just went thru "session two" of the Omega Course - "Negative Trends, People and Events In End Times". It is not easy to briefly cover so much information, particularly after the Omega authors have already done an amazing job of squeezing 100 people into a phone booth.
I still will try to hit the high points of the negative trends the best I can.
.
1. Jesus is a "Warrior King" who is going to aggressively confront sin in the earth. He is going to shake everything that can be shaken to remove everything that hinders love.
.
Matthew 24:15
There will be great tribulation such as has not been since the beginning of this world, no, nor ever shall be.
2. This speaks of the "great tribulation", coming to fullness in the last 3 1/2 years before Jesus returns. This shaking will come from four sources.
a. Rev. 14:10 The wrath of God on the rebellious - seven seals, seven trumpets, seven bowls of wrath.
b. Rev. 12:12 The rage of Satan who will persecute the saints thru the Antichrist's reign of terror.
c. Rev. 9:21 The actions of evil people against one another
d. Romans 8:21 The convulsions of nature (earthquakes, storms etc.)
.
3. The Antichrist will be the most evil and cruel man that ever lived.
.
4. The false prophet will be devoted to causing all the people on earth to worship Satan and the Antichrist.
.
5. The seven seals, seven trumpets and seven bowls.
a. They are literal (actual events not to be explained away symbolically or historically)
b. They are future (their greatest fulfillment is future)
c. They are progressive (they increase in intensity)
d. They are numbered (released in a sequential order as they follow one after the other in sequence that we might know their order as they unfold on earth.
.
6. There will be two major waves of death. Rev. 6:8 One fourth of earth's estimated 8 billion people will perish (two billion people). Rev. 9:15 One third of the remaining six billion will be killed in the second wave (two billion more) That comes to one half of the earth's population perishing.
.
What is God's judgement about? What is the purpose?
All of His judgements are rooted in love.
When trouble comes people normally have one of two strong responses.
They reject God saying, "If God allows or even causes (whatever bad stuff) I am turning away."
Or they run TO God desiring to sit in the lap of Jesus seeking help, comfort and rescuing and always knowing that God is good in all His ways.
.
God uses the least severe means to reach the greatest number of people at the deepest level of love without violating anyone's free will.
.
It would be good to read the above statement two or nine times. It is very helpful in understanding how and why God is shaking and removing everything that hinders love. It is because of His great desire to bring His bride into unity, purity and the deepest level of love.