Agreed, for centuries people have been denying the reality around them in favor of superstition brought on by weaponized ideology. Plato’s cave allegory and all of that.
I’m not a believer in the popular pre-dispensationalist take of the end times/tribulation view of the book of revelations, but if it should turn out to be the way things go down, the evil one may not actually have to DO all that much. Our pumps have been fully primed by the decades, if not centuries of prior manipulation, to fall into a current thing mindset quite easily.
Part of all this is you have to feel the pull of the undertow of fear. I don't think you can know the grift and the play without being able to recognize it and at least feel it. In the good book itself it says there is "nothing new under the sun." The money system has always been on the way. The mark of the beast is out there. And we have been living end times for 2000 years.
I remember not liking it when grown ups stepped in as a kid and telling us to knock it off. Where were the grown ups in the room when we were all panicking? Well...we were.
Me too! Most of the pre-tribulation theology seems to be built heavily on fear. But as a young new believer in the late 70’s (can you say Jesus Revolution?), it was what what was taught to me and hubby at the beginning, and so we swallowed it whole, not even knowing there were other viewpoints. I used to have nightmares I’d be “left-behind” for failing to hold myself up to Gods high standards. I still grieve over and battle against my worst self, but now I firmly cling to the substitutionary atonement of Christ, and trust I’ll be able to handle whatever comes by His grace.
Ive come to find out that ICBM'S are not nearly as powerful as Weapons of Mass Delusion (WMD).
What's taking out a mere city when you can effectively cause the global population to willingly produce a species level fail?
Oldest tricks in the book.
Expect more imo.
Agreed, for centuries people have been denying the reality around them in favor of superstition brought on by weaponized ideology. Plato’s cave allegory and all of that.
Perfect analysis
I’m not a believer in the popular pre-dispensationalist take of the end times/tribulation view of the book of revelations, but if it should turn out to be the way things go down, the evil one may not actually have to DO all that much. Our pumps have been fully primed by the decades, if not centuries of prior manipulation, to fall into a current thing mindset quite easily.
That’s troubling.
Same. Neither am I. But it's tempting to buy into after experiencing the last 3 years.
Part of all this is you have to feel the pull of the undertow of fear. I don't think you can know the grift and the play without being able to recognize it and at least feel it. In the good book itself it says there is "nothing new under the sun." The money system has always been on the way. The mark of the beast is out there. And we have been living end times for 2000 years.
“We’ve been living end times for 2000 years”.
So true! Just another day, in a way. 😬
Fear and pooping are the great equalizers, right?
We're all subject to both.
What I didn't realize is how easily people will shit themselves, over fears of the common cruds.
I remember not liking it when grown ups stepped in as a kid and telling us to knock it off. Where were the grown ups in the room when we were all panicking? Well...we were.
What I'm curious about, is do you think the paranoia would've been less or more if the children were actually affected.
Part of me thinks civilization has declined so much that people would've shrugged it off.
I mean I can't tell you how many times I heard "children are resilient" by cowardly adults.
Makes ya wonder, KWIM?
Hubby and I frequently ask each other, “What if Hal Lindsay was right?”
That book scared the crap out of me as a little boy in the 70's!
I honestly give it credit for turning me into a critical thinker...I think just the opposite of its intentions...lol.
Me too! Most of the pre-tribulation theology seems to be built heavily on fear. But as a young new believer in the late 70’s (can you say Jesus Revolution?), it was what what was taught to me and hubby at the beginning, and so we swallowed it whole, not even knowing there were other viewpoints. I used to have nightmares I’d be “left-behind” for failing to hold myself up to Gods high standards. I still grieve over and battle against my worst self, but now I firmly cling to the substitutionary atonement of Christ, and trust I’ll be able to handle whatever comes by His grace.
Amen