Posted on 07/30/2006 7:37:34 PM PDT by Mother Abigail
Iraq is suffering through one of its bloodiest months since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
Taliban militants are burning schools and attacking villages in southern Afghanistan as the United States and NATO struggle to defend that country's fragile government.
Nuclear-armed India is still cleaning up the wreckage from a large terrorist attack in which it suspects militants from rival Pakistan.
The world is awash in weapons, North Korea and Iran are developing nuclear capabilities, and long-range missile technology is spreading like a virus.
Some see the start of a global conflict.
"We're in the early stages of what I would describe as the Third World War," former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said recently. Certain religious Web sites are abuzz with talk of Armageddon.
There may be as much hyperbole as prophecy in the forecasts for world war. But it's not hard to conjure ways that today's hot spots could ignite.
To be honest I think my psychiatrist needs to prescribe Depakote for all the world leaders and everyone in the Middle East. Makes you all calm and docile. :)
They are not "obscure" and I resent that statement. I also think this is more anti Christian gobbledygook as usual.
I'm tired of all the "cute" comments from liberals trying to understand the evangelical, pro-Israel perspective.
Well, I not a Christian, but I see an End of Days coming.
Actually, the End of the West, but the days the West survives are the only ones worth counting, so I see it as the End of Days.
Those secular liberals might just give a care about this End of Days, because it will be the end of them as well.
The fuse has long since been lit.
It was lit, when Jesus was nailed to the cross.
Only the Father knows when the end will come.
I agree.
Let us pray for peace.
To pray for peace is to pray for justice, for a right-ordering of relations within and among nations and peoples.
It is to pray for freedom, especially for the religious freedom that is a basic human and civil right of every individual.
With all due respect, but when has this never been the case? History did not begin the day any of us were born.
I find this quote very interesting and timely. The alliances mentioned in the passages from Ezekiel 38-40 and are in place. What is described sounds very much like some sort of nuclear confrontation. Many Christians feel this scenario could very well happen soon. There are also passages in Isaiah that speak of the total destruction of Damascus and that it will be a ruinous heap and never to be inhabited again. This certainly hasn't happened yet. It also says in Isaiah that God gave us these prophecies so that we may know that it was from Him. It is judgement on a sinful unrepentant world.
God our Father,
creator of the world,
you establish the order which governs all the ages.
Hear our prayer and give us peace that we may rejoice in your mercy
and praise you without end.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
"They are not "obscure" and I resent that statement. I also think this is more anti Christian gobbledygook as usual."
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They sure love our unwavering support even as they look down on us as a bunch of "dumb rubes".
I submit that the world would not be a better place for anyone because of it.
Nothing but Jesus Christ himself will be able to COMPLETELY eliminate terrorism.
Ironic that the muzzies stand on thier religion is that there's is the ONLY religion, either embrace it, be subservant to it, or die.
From my viewpoint there are only 2 ways the terrorist can be completely beaten once and for all. Knock them down and back, they'll just rise up again later. They need to either
a) be completely wiped out and the world is too politcally correct to even mouth the words much less carry it out.
b) That Jesus Christ' return proves to them once and for all that there religion was wrong and they bow down before him.
I made a point earlier today that "western culture" had reached a place where it was no longer willing to do the dirty filthy things defending itself requires.
No one has responded to my post yet. Not even to flame me for "defeatism".
I agree. As a nation, we no longer seem to have the will or unity to fight to defend our country.
I agree. As a nation, we no longer seem to have the will or unity to fight to defend our country.
As an evangelical Christian who has extensively studied prophecy, I can say categorically that this is NOT Armageddon. Too much to occur yet. It could be Isaiah 17, the Burden of Damascus or Ezekiel 38 the first battle of Gog and Magog. However, one can not be dogmatic about even that. We will know it when we see it happen. Right now, Evangelicals are excited though because we see the players lining up and we believe the Lord's return is very near.
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