I also believe we might be in the End Times. The technological advancements, what they mean, and how they affect the world spiritually all make it appear that way to me. I believe science and technology may be the strong delusion, especially since they are about the only thing different in the world since ancient times that might be a new sort of powerful delusion, and they attack through man’s pride and carnal appetites.
Yet as always, even when and if nations turn against the Lord, there is always, as it’s been said here, a remnant, and more people who are the lost sheep that the Lord is seeking, and He does that partly through us. We get to play that part. That is where I most see what’s happening to our nation mattering. God separated Israel from the other nations so they would be a nation of priests to the world, a nation prepared for the Messiah. John the Baptist was sent in the spirit of Elijah to prepare the way for the Lord, and later so were Jesus’ disciples. The way needs to be prepared for the Lord so that people can understand Him when He comes, and that’s especially what the devil is attacking now. I’ve heard it said that our hearts are like that stable in Bethlehem. Baby Jesus has to born in us and grow in us, and Satan wants to prevent Jesus’ birth, and if not that, than to kill Him afterward. Satan truly seeks to poison what he can and destroy and devour however he can. Everywhere he’s working to take the light out of the world and make people more and more distant from God, and that’s so often working, because God is allowing it, yet it’s the Church’s part to resist it. And we’ve experienced the spiritual food that so many people hunger for, and we know where it’s to be found, and God can still reach people whom He foreknew, both here and in other wealthy countries, through our testimony about His amazing goodness.
Yes, Maranatha, Lord Jesus!
AMEN!