Some may or may not know, and probably don’t care, but I’m also a (unpaid) pastor at a small church here in Alabama.
In my studies preparing for tomorrow (Sunday), I ran across this nugget, written by a popular pastor from over 100 years ago, before WWI, and it completely blew my mind. Seriously, I was stunned for a few minutes. The level of detail in Bible prophecy that describes the very day we’re living in TODAY is almost unbelievable.
Here’s an excerpted quote:
“The Lord declares that He has a hand in these matters that are a natural outcome of human selfishness, aggressiveness and greed. The Lord has to do with all this, in that at the appropriate time He granted to the world the knowledge which is stirring them up. In other words, men with sin and selfishness in their hearts are not in a position to use knowledge wisely, rightly. Without reflecting upon any person or class we can see that if the knowledge that is in the world should continue to increase, a certain few, by that increase of knowledge, would get far ahead of the others—until finally the wealth would be massed in the hands of the very few, and the whole world would become the serfs of these few. The money in the hands of the wealthy increases rapidly. On the other hand the population doubles in a century. Who cannot see that under present conditions there would eventually be nothing but slavery for the masses, governed by an autocracy?
As long as governments are strong, their overthrow will be impossible. Our thought, is that a great trouble will weaken the nations, preparatory to the period of anarchy. Such a great trouble, crippling the world financially and discrediting the rulers in the eyes of their peoples, will open the way for the anarchy. The people of former times looked upon their rulers as demi-gods. This veneration for authority still obtains to some extent, except those who are anarchists. The coming trouble is the one we have expected. It will drain the world of blood and treasure. Then the nations, sick, weak, faint, will fall a prey to Socialism, which will become anarchy. Thus in accord with the Bible predictions earth will be prepared to welcome Messiah's Kingdom as "the desire of all peoples."—Hag. 2:7.”
A few people saw this coming long before we were even born. Simply. Amazing.
In my studies preparing for tomorrow (Sunday), I ran across this nugget, written by a popular pastor from over 100 years ago, before WWI, and it completely blew my mind. Seriously, I was stunned for a few minutes. The level of detail in Bible prophecy that describes the very day we’re living in TODAY is almost unbelievable.
Here’s an excerpted quote:
“The Lord declares that He has a hand in these matters that are a natural outcome of human selfishness, aggressiveness and greed. The Lord has to do with all this, in that at the appropriate time He granted to the world the knowledge which is stirring them up. In other words, men with sin and selfishness in their hearts are not in a position to use knowledge wisely, rightly. Without reflecting upon any person or class we can see that if the knowledge that is in the world should continue to increase, a certain few, by that increase of knowledge, would get far ahead of the others—until finally the wealth would be massed in the hands of the very few, and the whole world would become the serfs of these few. The money in the hands of the wealthy increases rapidly. On the other hand the population doubles in a century. Who cannot see that under present conditions there would eventually be nothing but slavery for the masses, governed by an autocracy?
As long as governments are strong, their overthrow will be impossible. Our thought, is that a great trouble will weaken the nations, preparatory to the period of anarchy. Such a great trouble, crippling the world financially and discrediting the rulers in the eyes of their peoples, will open the way for the anarchy. The people of former times looked upon their rulers as demi-gods. This veneration for authority still obtains to some extent, except those who are anarchists. The coming trouble is the one we have expected. It will drain the world of blood and treasure. Then the nations, sick, weak, faint, will fall a prey to Socialism, which will become anarchy. Thus in accord with the Bible predictions earth will be prepared to welcome Messiah's Kingdom as "the desire of all peoples."—Hag. 2:7.”
A few people saw this coming long before we were even born. Simply. Amazing.