3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be the glory forevermore. Amen.
This set of verses caught my eye today because of the strong phrasing that Paul uses about the time he was living in: "this present evil age".
It really makes one pause and meditate about the age that Paul was living in and wonder how it compares to the one that we live in today. Even though in the west some of us are somewhat immune to the constant threat of violence that Paul faced, if we have a safe environment, we know that all over the world people live in the ruins of countries and states fallen to all kinds of destructive forces due to everything from insurgencies and coups to mass proliferation of weapons that enable gangs and drug cartels to overthrow governments.
Over the last decade smart phones have enabled predators to gain access to and destroy the lives of children at an unprecedented rate; the FBI now says that at any given moment there are at least half a million sexual predators online attempting to groom and exploit your child. link
Not only are individual predators using smart phones to groom children but 'porn tube' sites full of video sex crimes against adults and minors both have become financial king-makers because of their ability to generate billions; alarmingly, video game platforms seem to be the means by which young males are being introduced to this demonic content at younger and younger ages.
Gender Ideology is sweeping through schools and health care institutions at an astonishing rate, and schools in western democracies are passing policies to begin sex transition on minor children without the knowledge or consent of parents, changing their given name and their 'pronouns' and keeping it a secret from their legal guardians.
One Canadian man, Rob Hoogland, broke a court instituted gag order on his case this year to speak to the media about how this was done to his daughter, for which he served several months in jail. The pharmaceutical lobby is projecting it will make billions off of child transition because the drugs they use on minors, called 'puberty blockers' are so expensive. They are literally getting all the legal roadblocks out of the way to administer this drug to as many children as they can possibly rope into their scheme.
Climate change is showing itself to be self-evident. Covid is mutating over and over and over, and bringing with it both divisions in philosophy about how to react to it and financial insecurity with rolling shutdowns attempting to deal with the latest mutation. More and more frequently I am hearing secular people refer to the 'end times' or 'end of the world' because of all the consternation and unease that greets us on the news every day.
That's why I started this blog, to comb through all the scriptures finding references to the time at the end of our world before the return of Christ, both for myself an anyone who might happen by and read it. It's becoming more and more evident that the prophecy in Revelation is starting to unfold; after I did a blog on Revelation itself I decided to search for other instances in the Bible where the end of things before the second coming of Christ is referenced, as a daily reminder that time is short. I hope everyone will accept Salvation from Christ so that his comfort and guidance can shepherd us through these difficult days.
If you want to accept Salvation from Christ here are some resources:
A Prayer for Salvation from Christ:
Lord Jesus, I confess my sins and ask for your forgiveness. Please come into my heart as my Lord and Savior. Take complete control of my life and help me to walk in Your footsteps daily by the power of the Holy Spirit. Thank you Lord for saving me and for answering my prayer.
A more detailed step by step process:
https://www.wikihow.com/Accept-Jesus-Into-Your-Life
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