As 2012 ended there are several things
that stand out to make it an exceptional year: the presidential election, the
drought in the Mid-West, the high unemployment, the large number of
foreclosures, the continuation of the war in Afghanistan, the murder of four
Americans and the cover-up by the CIA and State Department, the murder of
twenty children in Newtown, Connecticut and who could not forget the Mayan
apocalypse. However, there were some
things that did not happen, the world did not come to an end, the Church was
not raptured, the dollar did not collapse, the oceans did not rise to flood
coastal cities, and World War III did not happen. Maybe not a great year but it
could have been worse.
With 2013 changing the calendar there
are a few things that I feel will be happening that will change the economic
and spiritual condition in America. I
am not saying I can see the future I am only making an educated observation of the
condition of things that are happening now and many will agree that if there is
not a change of direction the conditions may even become worse than now.
First, the economic condition of this
country will continue down the road of ruin.
The leaders of this country do not have the moral courage to deal with our
financial crisis. They have over-extended the national credit and weakened the
dollar and this will be reflected in the stock market as it drops below the
2008 levels.
The Survivalist Preppers may not be as
paranoid as they are made out to be.
They remind us that it was not raining when Noah was building the
Ark. The overall attitude of the country
will be not to trust the government but rather fear the control they have over
every aspect of our lives. Confidence in
the political leaders will be at an all-time low. As the political promises fail and more and
more families are hit with unemployment, foreclosures, and the inability to
take care of their families the unrest in this country will be scary. The number of home invasions, car-jackings
and robberies will increase. The fear
created by the threat to take away guns has already caused a run on gun
stores. Preparing for the worst may not
be a bad idea. As Solomon stated, "A
prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes
blindly on and suffers the consequences" Proverbs 22:3
As personal safety becomes an issue,
more parents will remove their children from public school and homeschool
them. In a survey as why parents were
homeschooling the reason that was most
frequently cited as being applicable was concern about the environment of other
schools including safety, drugs, or negative peer pressure. Eighty-five percent
of homeschooled students were being homeschooled, in part, because of their
parents’ concern about the environment of other schools. The next two reasons
for homeschooling most frequently cited as applicable were to provide religious
or moral instruction (72 percent) and dissatisfaction with academic instruction
at other schools (68 percent). http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/homeschool/parentsreasons.asp
With the latest mass murders taking
place in Newtown, Connecticut parents are fearful for their children. The number of bully incidents that public
schools ignore has increased rather than decreased. Violence in the public school will continue
to increase rather than decrease.
As new laws are passed legalizing the
possession or use of marijuana the Federal government will start backing off
and proposals to allow individuals to grow marijuana and hemp will be push
through Congress. The ground work will
start in 2013 for this change.
As the freedoms of Americans are slowly
being removed the government and big corporations will push to put more
controls on the Internet. National security
will be used as the reason to control the Internet. The Internet poses a huge threat to full
government control of information. If you can control the media you can control
the people. This has been witnessed in
Iran and China as they both have put restrictions on the Internet. Our government cannot wait to put a stop to
the free flow of information and will use whatever "crisis" they can
conjure up to "shut down" your access to what is really
happening. 2013 will be the year to
place government control on the Internet.
It would be foolish to say that the
price of food will remain stable. As
food price increases more of the spendable income will go towards food. The full impact of the 2012 summer drought
won't be felt until this year as the cost of meat jumps do to the higher feed
cost, eggs will go up grains, fruits, and vegetables will continue to
rise. With the extreme swings in weather
the prices could be even higher. Maybe
it is time to go back to gardens and canning.
It worked for my parents.
As food prices are climbing weekly the
area taken for granted in this country that will have the greatest jump in cost
will be clean water. Water managers are
concerned about the shortage of clean water—even without a drought the
consequence may be severe. Who would
have thought the Great Mississippi would be so low that travel would be
restricted? The government's capacity
for building new dams and reservoirs is limited due to its poor financial
condition. Surface water is limited, and
groundwater in many states is being depleted faster than it can be
replenished. Local governments are
searching for water supplies as the population growth demand more
resources. Many American have never
appreciated the fact we have been blessed with clean water in abundance and
without restrictions. 2013 will bring
more water restriction as the demand for water increases. As we have witnessed
extreme storms, droughts, and major climate changes this past year have had a
major impact on clean water sources and will continue in 2013. Learning how to purify water may not be a bad
idea.
As far as the world outlook goes the
Muslim Brotherhood will have gained control of the majority of the Middle
East. With the US wanting to bring an
end to the Iranian government, a major Middle East confrontation will take
place as Iran crosses the "red line" and pushes the nuclear confrontation
to a point of no return. Even with the
United States saying they are not setting a "red line" they will
realize that nothing will change until a concrete threat is given and then it
will be too late. The end result will be
a "justifiable war" on Iran to secure the safety of the world
community. 2013 looks like the year to
stop the "Iranian nuclear threat."
As the world moves towards a world
conflict between the major world powers US and NATO will initiate an armed
conflict with Iran which will end with Russian and China becoming involved. The
conflict will be over the world's financial systems not a nuclear threat. If 2013 is the beginning of the conflict the
geopolitical structure of the world will change with the US losing its
superpower status. The end result of a major world conflict will result in globalization
and restructuring of the social culture of the world. The clock of world
destruction is rapidly approaching 12:00 midnight. It is time for people to stand up as
responsible citizens and stop the criminal actions of our government. Failure to do so may be a failure to save our
own life and civilization as we know it.
As the world under goes major changes
there will be those within the Church that will call for an invasion
of Iran-- all to bring on a war with Russia and China causing Armageddon and the
second Coming of Christ and the Rapture of the Church. 2013 will no doubt bring new predictions of
the end of the world, the Battle of Armageddon, or some major apocalypse but we
are not given to the spirit of fear we are filled with hope knowing that
whatever happens in 2013 the LORD will be in control and all will work
according to his plan. We cannot forsake the mission of the Church because we
are bound by fear but we must proclaim the message of salvation and hope.
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