Signs of the Times

I tell you, this year is bringing new life to the Scriptures for me. All the natural and man-made disasters and wars.

Do you realize that between natural disasters and war... more than 200,000 people have already died. 100,000 alone in the January Tsunami, hundreds more in Iraq, Afghanistan and other parts of the world in terror attacks, who knows how many in genocidal attacks in the Darfur region of the Sudan, more than a thousand all told in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, at least 30,000 already in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India in this latest Earthquake.

It's scary and exhilarating at the same time. Scary because the Bible tell sme this is just the beginning. Exhilarating because it means we're a step closer to living with Christ and His Father in Heaven. Haleluia.

Mark 13:7-8
When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. (9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan, Terror threats, The Sudan, etc.) Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes (January Tsunami, Katrina, Rita, Bangladeshi Floods, Pakistan Earthquake, Deadly Floods in New England) in various places, and famines (Darfur/The Sudan, most of Africa). These are the beginning of birth pains.

Mark 13:24-25
"But in those days, following that distress, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken."

Mark 13:29-30
Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door. I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.