Could this have anything to do with the end times?
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There have been many other signs of the day of judgment so we could very well be nearing the end of times.\n\nThe issue that is of concern is the priorities of our government.  Somehow all the important social programs that I want my taxes to go to have been cut in order to increase spending on an illegal and immoral war that has already cost the lives of 30,000 Iraqi civilians.\n\nFolks, did you hear that? 30,000 civilians! That's not including armed insurgents.  And that's the number that our president is willing to admit to.  God only knows how much more have actually died on the hands of this butcher of Baghdad Bush (like father like son).  How many people died on September 11th?  3,000.  So to go and fight terrorism and avenge the death of these 3,000 people, we go and kill 10 times as many?  Who's the real terrorist here??\n\nStatistically, if you added up all the countries' defense budgets, the U.S. defense would comprise 80% of that and all the other countries combined are only 20%.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to say that we shouldn't have a military, but our military budget comprising 80% of the entire world's while people in our own backyards are dying of starvation or lack of medical insurance??\n\nThe other thing that boils my blood is the fact that both Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney come from energy backgrounds (Arbusto and Halliburton).  How can it be that as soon as we take over Iraq which was under embargo for 12 years the demand for oil goes up, yet the energy companies score record profits ????\n\nIs this what you want your taxes to pay for?  For an empirical armed nation that is hijacked by corrupt right-wing neo-con energy blood-suckers?  I say we should be able to have a say regarding what our taxes are being spent on.  I personally will not pay taxes this year because I don't want my hard-earned money going to support this sham.\n\nThe ball is in your court.  What are you gonna do??
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While I cannot predict it, I can make a guess. I believe it will happen during my lifetime, and I'm 59. Look at the "wars and rumors of wars," the earthquakes, etc. Don't know if you believe in the Bible, however, one passage states (to paraphrase), "when the flower blooms in the desert (speaking of Israel), this generation will not pass away until the end of time comes." This refers to Israel becoming a nation... and this is my generation.
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Sorry... but God's word is plain about the end times... no one knows and if someone says they know, they are not to be believed. It's going to come like a thief in the night and you aren't going to know even a second before it happens!\n\nWe all know it's coming... but will you be ready when it does?
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dunno man\nI'm no bible guy, but I too am convinced that the end is near...\nWhy I think that is hard to say...\nI almost want to say that it just seems like the direction we're moving in...look at the weather...look at the anger...look at the strife...war is but a comment away
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No.  The Bible says at the end of time, the Earth will be as it was in the days of Noah, when people's minds thought of evil continually.  So yeah, things are only getting worse.  Hopefully, Jesus won't wait too much longer.
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Hard to tell really, if it has ANYTHING to do with this particular Religion and Spirituality forum.\n\nThe closest, best-guess I can come up with is something about "1914" though... wasn't that when the leader/s of JW predicted the 'end of the World' the first time around and nothing happened?? And then there were two or three other later dates for the same cataclysmic event, but neither one of them panned out either?? LOL. I dunno! I don't see the connection between that and "wheat"...\n\nI give up. What's the Miracle Wheat Scandal of 1913??
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Many of the bible prophecies have already come to pass including the return of the Jews to Israel. Everything needed for the mark of the beast is in place and we are seeing increased weather conditions and earthquakes all of which are also in the bible. I truly believe we are in the last days. To read it for yourself, turn to revelations and Daniel. God does not tell us the exact time but gives us many of the end time signs.
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I don't understand you question but I can tell you the world is coming to an end because that is what God's plan is. Nobody knows when or exactly how but it will happen. So just for your sake...WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE
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If the time of the rapture is unknown, then obviously it cannot be tomorrow, can it? We are not in the tribulation. There is great illogic in the post-trib scenario. If the tribulation started tomorrow, then I could count the days of the tribulation, and be pretty sure when it will occur, right? THEN I could be ready for His coming. Remember the unjust servant, "looks like the master is not due for a long time." That servant was treated harshly for not being ready for the master's return.\n\nThere is plenty of evidence. Don't be confused by "the last trump" being the seventh trumpet blast in Revelation. There is no basis to assume that. "The Last Trump" is a title for the Feast of Trumpets that takes place in September/October. Also do not be confused by the rapture and the second coming of Christ. They are two things. One is for His church, the other is to save Israel from her enemies. The rapture in Revelation takes place when the church enters the door to heaven as the 24 elders at the beginning of chapter 4 before the tribulation even begins.\n\nHere is the timeline.\nhttp://tinyurl.com/hhmjt
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The bible is open to interpretations.  Jesus stated that we will not be given the knowledge to predict these coming events.  A massive earthquake is imminent especially in the "ring of fire" as we have seen lately with the Indonesian tsunami, the recent earthquake in Indonesia's java province, and the small earthquake in the Pacific Northwest.  As far an Asteriod hitting us, God only knows.  If you have Jesus in your life, you don't have to worry about all this stuff.
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This isn't the first "End of Times" panic!  The ignorant masses are swept into a fervour by their spiritual leaders.  I believe this is a corrosive factor in humanity.  Whether it is religious rapture or Y2K, far too many people are just plain gullible.   What I see isn't really the end of times but a renewal of the dark ages.  Those in the dark remain in the dark and teach their kids there is no light.  The emergence of highly respected American Evangelist Zealots is very very disturbing and is leading to a new flat earth that the universe revolves around.
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People have been saying that the end times are "the period we are living now" for the past 1,900 years.\n\nChrist said that no one knows when the end is coming but that we should always be ready.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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:{\nGog and Magog are end time references \nRev 20:7  And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,\n20:8  And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.\n\nA reference to the source of the armies Satan will draw together for the great battle at Armageddon,\n\nYes I believe and anticipate with eagerness the day when-d will have final victory.
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:}\nyes the world will end.\nthe end time predictions in all three major religions are nearly the same.\nall three teach \na 7 yr tribulation\na returning messiah   messiah, Jesus, mahdi\na great opposing force the great beast, anti Christ, dajjal\n a great battle\nconversion of many of the other two during the tribulation period\n\neach teaches their own final victory\n\nit is possible to harmonize them\nhttp://answering-islam.org.uk/Authors/JR/Future/index.htm
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Yeah, I have heard about some christian groups wanting this; also wanting israel to invade areas in the middle east because some prophecies say that this is necessary in order to bring about the end of times.  These people are literally insane.
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Yes, the "end times" are a fact of scripture.  They are upon us. \n\nChrist will return to earth for His people (believers) and restore peace and hope to the world.  Many will be destroyed by the plagues of God first, however.  Christ will establish peace and order on earth based on God's laws.\n\nAfter the 1000 year reign of Christ is completed, the resurrection of the rest of the dead will take place.  Billions of people will come back to life for an opportunity of salvation.  This is called the Great White Throne judgment period.  At the end of this period, God's enemies will be destroyed.  Death and the grave will be destroyed also.  There will be no more death ever, God promises.\n\nThose who believed God and turn to Him through faith believing also in His Son, Jesus Christ will be given eternal life.  These will live forever.\n\n"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."  John 3:16\n\nThe offer is for everyone who will believe.
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The phrase 'end times' does NOT occur in the Bible. Perhaps you're referring to "the time of the end" mentioned in Daniel (called "son of man": Dan 8:17, and "should repent": Num 23;19). \n\nDaniel had "NIGHT visions" from reading a book (probably the five books of Moses collectively called law), and then he made nightmarish prophecies, but was finally told to shut up and seal the book, to the time of the end... perhaps the end of the law (Rom 10:4). Not to mention Paul (an apostle of JC by the will of God and "his witness to all men", including Daniel) notes "whether prophecies, they shall fail": 1Cor 13. \n\nAnd we know prophecies can fail, since they did at Nenevah when the people believed God and the no name king disrobed, stepped down, and sat in the ashes, in the great fish story of Jonah.\n\nAs for Revelation, it's written as a latter end "worse" notable by "seven" spirits: http://www.godshew.org/Revelations9.htm , a worse case scenario to avoid, except for "the end" we are told to "endure unto to be saved(only)" and by grace(only).\n\nAs for some thoughts on what time it is, it's interesting to note two global graphs did kinda "shoot forth" in 1967 http://www.godshew.org/Graphically.htm as if sprinting to the end of the human race, which all run, but the prize is won by one (1Cor 9:24), and the one first finished (of two mentions of "finished" in John 17 & 19) is not "one proselyte", but "one Spirit" http://www.godshew.org/HumanRace.htm\n\nAs for rapture theories, it's already too late for all such, since the last (not just past) millennium had two false/true ends, the false one being Y2K, and also a countdown of 3 1/2 yrs (42 mos).\n\nIt's also the "third day" (beyond 2000) http://www.godshew.org/ThirdDay.htm of fwd AD-> only goes one way, perhaps the way the love(God) of Christ "constraineth" us to go, go on unto "perfection"... in the end.\n\nThe "grace" of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.