[fivecatsandadog]

Maybe I misread something, but it wasn’t the hand of God that took down the WTC....

[spacejunkie2001]

God allowed the breach by the enemy; He holds all things together and is sovereign over all.

[mountainlion]

Maybe I misread something, but it wasn’t the hand of God that took down the WTC....

NO, God took away his hand of protection.

[GBA]

True. However, the idea is that God is trying to get our attention with some harsh lessons and motivate us to turn back to Him, so he allows us our own way, removes the training wheels and padding and lets the teaching opportunities we've earned for ourselves happen.

The more we dig in and hold fast to our faith in ourselves, our abilities and our arrogance, the greater and more painful the test, with 9/11 and the financial crashes of 2008, being two recent big events

If we go too far down our mistaken path away from the One who brung us to this dance, we'll get leveled with the next one.

As it is, it looks like 2015 will be very, very unpleasant, in an Old Testament sort of way, probably with many little events along the way to help pull us back from The Big One.

I highly recommend this book and have given many copies to friends, family and complete strangers. Few things have made God and the Bible more relevant and real for me than this book and biblical and American historical info and background it reveals.

[Salvation]

God allowed it — just as he allowed the walls of Jerusalem to be breached and the Israelites conquered.