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Don't get too comfortable - FlickerOfLight - 11-18-2024
As I've been saying...
The world, as we know it, is about to change, for all of us.
I think it would be unwise to get too comfortable right now in the promises of man.
The reset is coming soon.
Life As You Have Known It Will Never Be The Same Again…
Ready Or Not, An Apocalyptic Global War Is On Our Doorstep
November 14, 2024 by Michael
Have you noticed that there has been a lot of talk about “peace” and “safety” recently? After all of the war that we have witnessed in 2024, I would love for 2025 to be a year of global peace. But right now global events are taking us in the other direction very rapidly. An apocalyptic global war is on our doorstep, but most people in the western world are still in denial about what is happening right in front of our eyes.
On Thursday, the head of the Iranian Army warned that his nation will soon deliver a “crushing” blow to Israel…
In a Thursday meeting with family members of Major Sajjad Mansouri – who was reportedly killed during the Oct. 26 Israeli strikes – Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army Major General Seyyed Abdolrahim Mousavi promised a “crushing” blow to Israel.
“We will determine the time and manner of our response. There will be no hesitation when the time comes, and our reply will surely be crushing,” he said according to Tehran-based news outlet Iran Front Page News, echoing threats issued by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei earlier this month when he said Tehran would issue a “crushing response.”
Similarly, Deputy Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Ali Fadavi on Thursday said, “The entire world will bear witness as the complete downfall of the Zionist regime fulfills the triumph of righteousness over falsehood.”
Of course Israel has already promised that it will respond to any attack by hitting Iran even harder than it did last time.
In fact, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is suggesting that Iran’s oil fields could be a target…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted that the IDF would hit Iranian oil fields should Tehran make good on its threat to launch another ballistic missile attack on Israel.
“Another attack on Israel would simply cripple Iran’s economy,” Netanyahu said in an unusual English-language message he directed at the Iranian people.
Can you imagine what that would do to the price of oil?
Israel’s defense minister wants to go a step further. He is publicly suggesting that now is the time to wipe out Iran’s nuclear facilities…
Grossi’s comments came during a news conference Thursday and just three days after Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Monday said that Iran was “more exposed than ever [for] strikes on its nuclear facilities.”
“We have the opportunity to achieve our most important goal – to thwart and eliminate the existential threat to the State of Israel,” he added.
If Israel goes after those nuclear facilities, there will be no turning back.
Both nations would start pummeling one another until only one side is left standing.
Meanwhile, the IDF is now bombing Syria on a daily basis…
Israeli attacks on Syria have become daily, and now the United States is ramping up its own attacks in the northeast of the country as well.
On Thursday Israeli warplanes launched attacks on two residential buildings in the Damascus suburbs – one in Mazzeh and the other in Qudsaya, which lies west of the capital. Regional reports said that many people were killed, and Syrian state SANA posted photos of bombed-out apartments.
Israeli Army Radio in a rare acknowledgement appeared to confirm the Israeli attack while claiming the fresh attacks targeted the Syrian headquarters the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) group, which is fighting alongside Hamas in Gaza, and has held Israeli citizens captive since Oct.7, 2023.
We really are on the brink of an uncontrollable regional war in the Middle East, and it should deeply alarm all of us that Turkey has decided to officially cut off all relations with Israel…
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkey has officially severed relations with Israel, according to reports in Turkish media.
News outlet Medya Ege reported Erdogan to have said, “We, as the State and Government of the Republic of Turkey, have cut off relations with Israel. We do not have any relationship with Israel at this point. Period.”
This is such a dangerous time.
Donald Trump will not take office for more than two months, and nobody in the Middle East really cares what the lame duck Biden administration has to say at this point.
I have a feeling that things will soon get really, really crazy in the region.
In Ukraine, Russian forces just launched a very large missile attack against the capital city of Kyiv…
As world diplomacy is working overtime in this transitional period in America, the Russian Federation forces continue in their overwhelming campaign against Ukraine.
After almost four months of ‘saving missiles’, this early morning (13), explosions rocked Kiev as Russia launched its first missile attack on the Ukrainian capital since August.
Kiev citizens have been expecting a missile attack for a while now, worrying that it could deal a new blow to the hobbled energy system and cause blackouts during the winter.
The Ukrainians are extremely concerned about what will happen once Trump gets into the White House, and it is being suggested that Ukraine could actually build “hundreds of nuclear warheads for rudimentary bombs” if U.S. financial support for the war is pulled…
Ukraine has enough plutonium to construct hundreds of nuclear warheads for rudimentary bombs akin to the first atomic weapons dropped on Japan by the US in 1945, a new report has revealed.
A briefing paper prepared for Ukraine’s Defence Ministry said Kyiv could develop small dirty bombs within months if Donald Trump pulls US military aid.
Despite giving up its nuclear arsenal in 1996, Kyiv is still in control of nine operational reactors and has significant expertise on how to build the weapons.
The Ukrainians are losing the war, and I think that they have become so desperate that they would actually use such weapons.
Of course the moment that the Ukrainians use a dirty bomb, the Russians will nuke them into oblivion.
Speaking of the Russians, it is being reported that 12,000 North Korean troops are now assisting the Russian Army as it attempts to retake the Kursk region…
It was revealed last month that 12,000 North Korean troops had been sent to Ukraine to fight on behalf of Russia. Now, they are reported to have been deployed to Kursk as part of the Russian counter-offensive, while Pyongyang this week ratified a landmark new defence pact with Moscow.
The North Koreans also just tested a nuclear missile that has enough range to reach the continental United States, and they continue to threaten to invade South Korea.
We will want to watch North Korea very carefully in the months ahead.
We will also want to watch the situation in Taiwan. Apparently, the Taiwanese government is interested in a “massive $15 billion military weapons deal” once Trump’s term begins…
Taiwan has told the incoming Trump administration it is interested in securing a massive $15 billion military weapons deal with the United States, the Financial Times reported exclusively on Tuesday (November 12).
Taiwanese defense has been brought to the forefront of the world stage amid heightened tensions with China, whose government denies Taiwan’s independence and wants to annex the island nation through war if necessary.
Citing anonymous Taiwanese official sources, the FT said Taipei’s inquiries about a defense deal include interest in procuring the Aegis destroyer, and possibly 60 F-35s, four Advanced Hawkeyes, 10 retired vessels and 400 Patriot missiles.
Needless to say, the Chinese would be absolutely furious if such a deal actually happens.
Our relations with China have been going downhill for quite a while now, and it appears that the incoming administration will have “China hawks” in quite a few key positions…
President-elect Donald Trump has apparently decided to appoint China hawks Marco Rubio and Mike Waltz to the positions of secretary of state and national security adviser respectively.
In addition, Fox News host Pete Hegseth – who once said “China is building an army to defeat America” to the post of defence secretary, while John Ratcliffe is set to be CIA chief. Ratcliffe has called China the top threat to American interests.
This could offer the clearest indication yet of Trump’s intent when it comes to China and Taiwan. While the presidential election winner has called out Taiwan for what he sees as stealing US jobs in the past, chances are he knows the US will have to come to the island democracy’s defence should Beijing invade or blockade.
For a very long time, I have been relentlessly warning my readers about an apocalyptic war with Russia, an apocalyptic war with China, and an apocalyptic war in the Middle East.
Two of those wars have already started, and I believe that it won’t be too long before the third one erupts.
Ultimately, historians will probably regard all of these wars as part of one gigantic global war.
We are the World War III generation, and most people out there won’t even realize what is happening until it is too late to do anything about it.
I have a suspicion that we will see some nuclear detonation in the near future. Someone, somewhere, sometime soon will strike with nuclear weapons. Before the first of this year. That is my prediction. Unnerving, I know.
I'm just glad I know the Lord. Even with the thought of all of this, I am at peace within. May God's will be done, on earth, as it is in Heaven.
If someone were to come along and bring world peace from all of this, I would really wonder what that person was.
Rumors of that Third Temple being built are floating around...
https://israel365news.com/397898/trumps-sec-of-defense-nominee-miracle-of-temple-in-jerusalem-possible/
Interesting times.
https://endoftheamericandream.com/ready-or-not-an-apocalyptic-global-war-is-on-our-doorstep/
RE: Don't get too comfortable - FlickerOfLight - 11-19-2024
It's coming...
https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/russian-officials-believe-that-nato-has-gone-to-war-with-russia/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/world-war-3-watch-globalists-want-hot-war/
https://subsplash.com/u/americanpastors/media/d/43wjr67-11-18-24-from-trump-appointments-to-biden-and-world-war-iii-an-inside-perspective
https://nypost.com/2024/11/18/world-news/sweden-finland-warns-residents-to-be-ready-for-war/
We're being prepped for war.
Watch the banks in the coming days. They'll be another "tell."
With so many news outlets making these claims it us obvious what they are preparing us for.
With everyone worried about their money, and economic future it will be easy to get us to move in the direction they've chosen for us all, already.
I do not think the transfer of power is going to make the slightest difference here.
I hope it does, but that would be unrealistic for me to simply just believe that everything will be "fixed."
I pray none of this comes to fruition, and that things don't escalate any further.
But...
RE: Don't get too comfortable - FlickerOfLight - 11-23-2024
https://youtube.com/shorts/Jqi4_fo4OG0?si=QQtBI8WHN_WKPErC
I'm not sure about the authenticity of the translation, or even the video itself, but here is a clip of Putin claiming Russia is going to war with NATO.
It'll be a very interesting holiday season this year.
RE: Don't get too comfortable - Michigan Swamp Buck - 11-23-2024
I have been watching this develop since my interest in Biblical prophecy began around the time I was ten years old in the mid-70s. It must have been about 30 years ago when the Bible prophecies began to make sense to me and now it is playing out just as I thought it would. Revelation is tough reading and I used to get lost in the imagery, but when you look at all of the end-time prophecies and put them together, the symbolic imagery becomes clear.
The big turning point for me was seven years ago when the spirit spoke very clearly that this was the beginning of the end times. When I looked into it, I discovered this one, the Book of Revelation chapter 12 Sign occurred on September 23, 2017.
signsoftherapture.com
RE: Don't get too comfortable - FlickerOfLight - 11-23-2024
(11-23-2024, 08:09 PM)Michigan Swamp Buck Wrote: I have been watching this develop since my interest in Biblical prophecy began around the time I was ten years old in the mid-70s. It must have been about 30 years ago when the Bible prophecies began to make sense to me and now it is playing out just as I thought it would. Revelation is tough reading and I used to get lost in the imagery, but when you look at all of the end-time prophecies and put them together, the symbolic imagery becomes clear.
The big turning point for me was seven years ago when the spirit spoke very clearly that this was the beginning of the end times. When I looked into it, I discovered this one, the Book of Revelation chapter 12 Sign occurred on September 23, 2017.
signsoftherapture.com
I concur. I'm seeing it through the same eyes; and yep, it's as clear as a bell. The fact that most don't see it, is another clue that we are right in the middle of all that prophecy.
A third world War
A third temple built.
Antichrist takes the stage.
I've had these three in the back of my mind most of my adult life.
I'm betting I see all of it in my lifetime. In some form or fashion.
My call here is for prayer, and preparedness of mind....not panic. There is nothing we can do, but have faith.
I have a bad feeling that this is about to get much much worse, in a short amount of time.
For it all to just dissappear, and we all go back to "peace" seems like way more of a stretch of a possibility.
If someone really did pull off "world peace" at this stage, I would wonder if that person was the "Antichrist." And, I'm sore you know that I'm taking Biblical scriptures to come to that conclusion.
What's the weirdest to me is how the MSM here in the states is barely covering any of it; Majorly down playing it all.
RE: Don't get too comfortable - Bally002 - 11-24-2024
(11-23-2024, 08:31 PM)FlickerOfLight Wrote:(11-23-2024, 08:09 PM)Michigan Swamp Buck Wrote: I have been watching this develop since my interest in Biblical prophecy began around the time I was ten years old in the mid-70s. It must have been about 30 years ago when the Bible prophecies began to make sense to me and now it is playing out just as I thought it would. Revelation is tough reading and I used to get lost in the imagery, but when you look at all of the end-time prophecies and put them together, the symbolic imagery becomes clear.
The big turning point for me was seven years ago when the spirit spoke very clearly that this was the beginning of the end times. When I looked into it, I discovered this one, the Book of Revelation chapter 12 Sign occurred on September 23, 2017.
signsoftherapture.com
I concur. I'm seeing it through the same eyes; and yep, it's as clear as a bell. The fact that most don't see it, is another clue that we are right in the middle of all that prophecy.
A third world War
A third temple built.
Antichrist takes the stage.
I've had these three in the back of my mind most of my adult life.
I'm betting I see all of it in my lifetime. In some form or fashion.
My call here is for prayer, and preparedness of mind....not panic. There is nothing we can do, but have faith.
I have a bad feeling that this is about to get much much worse, in a short amount of time.
For it all to just dissappear, and we all go back to "peace" seems like way more of a stretch of a possibility.
If someone really did pull off "world peace" at this stage, I would wonder if that person was the "Antichrist." And, I'm sore you know that I'm taking Biblical scriptures to come to that conclusion.
What's the weirdest to me is how the MSM here in the states is barely covering any of it; Majorly down playing it all.
My take on this. The situ certainly aligns with prophecies. (if that's the correct spelling.) I feel relatively safe. (Not a surety) I live in an area surrounded by hills with a mountain range to the west and ocean (a distance away to the east.) Won't protect me from the elements perhaps following a MAD up in the Northern hemisphere, but, I have contingencies in place. Where I live is not an Australian Nuclear target. Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane are a few hours away. Others like Pine Gap and the NW headland. I think living in a range area that is not any where near military targets is an option to survive and develop strategies late to survive. If I fail well so be it.
I've made my peace with the Lord and I ask him to protect my 'Truey' and children who have not been baptised whom I'm sure haven't committed any major sins. They are all progressing in their own indomitable way.
If this progresses and occurs I will miss my conversation with all my mates here.
In my mind I think this will not happen and we'll all be still here. I get very little social contact.
I am now exposed. haha.
Kind regards as always and for a peaceful future and a joyous Christmas,
Bally and Truey.
RE: Don't get too comfortable - Michigan Swamp Buck - 11-24-2024
Yes, keep the faith, it's all we have left. But perhaps faith is what has me questioning all this and what makes me angry with God. I've had some serious talks with The Almighty and have had sympathy for the Devil lately. I have given deep consideration to his war with God and how a third of the angels sided with Satan. Who is really here to free you and what are they freeing you from?
The nature of creation and our mortal existence makes me wonder about the true character of God and his adversary. I will go even further and say that if our lives are some kind of purity test, it's like a USDA inspection before we are included on the heavenly menu.
Maybe that last bit was too extreme. What I am coming to believe is that the whole purpose of creation is like an engine that provides power to the heavenly realm. All forms of energy are there resisting the pressure of the frozen singularly outside of the space/time bubble created by the big band when God said, "Let there be light". The constant storing, mixing, and release of energy is just a heat engine that keeps the universe expanding until it cools down to absolute zero and time stops. We are just tiny parts of a cosmic machine that serves God's purpose. Maybe Lucifer understood how God used humanity and all life in his creation without regard for our pitiful condition and his rebellion was on our behalf, to free us from the hell on Earth that God's creation is to us struggling mortals.
RE: Don't get too comfortable - Bally002 - 11-24-2024
(11-24-2024, 01:54 AM)Michigan Swamp Buck Wrote: Yes, keep the faith, it's all we have left. But perhaps faith is what has me questioning all this and what makes me angry with God. I've had some serious talks with The Almighty and have had sympathy for the Devil lately. I have given deep consideration to his war with God and how a third of the angels sided with Satan. Who is really here to free you and what are they freeing you from?
The nature of creation and our mortal existence makes me wonder about the true character of God and his adversary. I will go even further and say that if our lives are some kind of purity test, it's like a USDA inspection before we are included on the heavenly menu.
I am not a fan of Satan or 'The Devil' Never have been even during my dark times.
Sins I have committed are of my own stupidity. ( I had free will). Not in the name of Satan.
My regards,
Bally
RE: Don't get too comfortable - Michigan Swamp Buck - 11-24-2024
Look at our reality, we are born due to countless generations of death and destruction only to struggle through our mortal existence in order to kill and destroy even more of creation to survive and reproduce, only to die and leave a legacy of death and destruction in our offspring.
We live a life of pain and temptation, we hunger, we thirst, we get sick, we die. All of this is the opposite of what we are promised in heaven. Sounds like hell to me already, and now the end of the world? What did we do to deserve all this? What evil are we guilty of to have to live a mortal existence like we have? Rebelling against such things sounds pretty righteous to me.
With Biblical prophecy playing out before our eyes, it is only making me think that God isn't the benign heavenly father that we have been fooled into believing he is. His might is terrible and awesome and when I bow down at his arrival, I don't believe it will be due to his loving nature. I am a post-tribulation rapture type, so I believe that no one is getting a get-out-of-jail-free card until after the smoke clears. If you're saved, you still have to die before you can be resurrected into a perfect eternal body.
RE: Don't get too comfortable - FlickerOfLight - 11-24-2024
(11-24-2024, 02:30 AM)Michigan Swamp Buck Wrote: Look at our reality, we are born due to countless generations of death and destruction only to struggle through our mortal existence in order to kill and destroy even more of creation to survive and reproduce, only to die and leave a legacy of death and destruction in our offspring.
We live a life of pain and temptation, we hunger, we thirst, we get sick, we die. All of this is the opposite of what we are promised in heaven. Sounds like hell to me already, and now the end of the world? What did we do to deserve all this? What evil are we guilty of to have to live a mortal existence such as we have? Rebelling against such things sounds pretty righteous to me.
With Biblical prophecy playing out before our eyes, it is only making me think that God isn't the benign heavenly father that we have been fooled into believing he is.
Couldn't agree more.
If the world were to actually end, and we were to stand before the kingdom of Heaven and before our Father and all the Angelic hosts, it is in this moment we will realize we have been in hell.
I want to look back and see that I built up, and not torn down. I've learned from this rough existence that giving is better than receiving. If I am to have this experience then I'd like to leave a trail or goodness behind me. All this destruction death greed and lust just isn't for me. It never has been.
If this all ends, and as people who believe in Christ, believe in the promises of His Word and the eternal glory, and True peace and harmony with Yeshua ad our King, then as His followers we know that it is not this world that we are to cling to. I was raised to believe in a rapture that was supposed to save us from the coming doom. I've believed that coming doom to be WW3 ever since I was little. Hell, we were all groomed for it, hiding under our desks incase of nuclear war, or war in general (like that was going to save any of us). Needless to say, yeah....I've been mentally prepared for a while now. To watch things unfold, and the way it's lining up with The Word, and especially with all this mind control has been used on every generationreading this(plus the technology), it's making Revelation and all it's symbology make sense.
As I look back on the last 48 years, and all that I've seen in my lifetime, and all I know about the generations before me, and seeing this weird turn from boomer to gen z, and now A, all that's happened just in that amount of time is mind blowing. The acceleration of everything alone is a huge indicator. I think of the tower of Babel, and how the world was working together and building that tower, and how God separated the people. The internet has brought us all back to language no longer being an issue; not to mention how we can all talk from different parts of the world all at once. As we've processed forward we've also processed backwards to those days of Babel. We've reached the heavens by going to the Moon, and now they're shooting for multi-planetary life. With AI, and things like quantum computing and the Cerns collider they are now shooting for interdimensional travel, and existence.
There's no way God is going to let that go much further. Imo From the scriptures, and the symbology within Revelation and all end times prophecy (you should read the banned books) then we are truly at the end.
But, as Christians this is what we have been waiting for, singing about in church, and glorifying God about. Evil will be punished, bit only after an Armageddon war between the Light and the dark.
I choose the Light. Always have. Many people see this as war mongering. I see it as, our Lord is going to return soon.....as Promised.
I'm stoked about it.
Having to live out WW3 does not sound fun for any of us. Hopefully it won't drag out too long, if it does actually pop off. A swift end would be better than starving to death, I can promise ya that. But, all this greed and want for full power and dominance of the whole world will soon backfire on itself.
If you believe in something like the Illuminati, or at least look through those eyes of a possibility, you can see how they've actually orchestrated this whole thing, starting at about the late 1800s to the early 1900s (about 1903 it looks like their plans were in full action). They won the battle for the mind. Most of the world has been fooled into some lie or another.
The Truth wasn't easy to find at all! It had been hidden under a mountain of lies. That devil sure did appear like an angel of light, didn't he?
May God have mercy on us all.
He will. The God I've come to know definitely isn't as cruel and heartless as the people who have been blaspheming his Name, and controlling others through fear of hell. This was never the way to spread "The Good News."
Judgment is reserved for that.
I think man will just destroy itself, along with this creation.
It'll all be fixed though. "It is finished."
If they do drop nukes anywhere near me, then I hope I'm right under it.
(11-24-2024, 01:39 AM)Bally002 Wrote:(11-23-2024, 08:31 PM)FlickerOfLight Wrote:(11-23-2024, 08:09 PM)Michigan Swamp Buck Wrote: I have been watching this develop since my interest in Biblical prophecy began around the time I was ten years old in the mid-70s. It must have been about 30 years ago when the Bible prophecies began to make sense to me and now it is playing out just as I thought it would. Revelation is tough reading and I used to get lost in the imagery, but when you look at all of the end-time prophecies and put them together, the symbolic imagery becomes clear.
The big turning point for me was seven years ago when the spirit spoke very clearly that this was the beginning of the end times. When I looked into it, I discovered this one, the Book of Revelation chapter 12 Sign occurred on September 23, 2017.
signsoftherapture.com
I concur. I'm seeing it through the same eyes; and yep, it's as clear as a bell. The fact that most don't see it, is another clue that we are right in the middle of all that prophecy.
A third world War
A third temple built.
Antichrist takes the stage.
I've had these three in the back of my mind most of my adult life.
I'm betting I see all of it in my lifetime. In some form or fashion.
My call here is for prayer, and preparedness of mind....not panic. There is nothing we can do, but have faith.
I have a bad feeling that this is about to get much much worse, in a short amount of time.
For it all to just dissappear, and we all go back to "peace" seems like way more of a stretch of a possibility.
If someone really did pull off "world peace" at this stage, I would wonder if that person was the "Antichrist." And, I'm sore you know that I'm taking Biblical scriptures to come to that conclusion.
What's the weirdest to me is how the MSM here in the states is barely covering any of it; Majorly down playing it all.
My take on this. The situ certainly aligns with prophecies. (if that's the correct spelling.) I feel relatively safe. (Not a surety) I live in an area surrounded by hills with a mountain range to the west and ocean (a distance away to the east.) Won't protect me from the elements perhaps following a MAD up in the Northern hemisphere, but, I have contingencies in place. Where I live is not an Australian Nuclear target. Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane are a few hours away. Others like Pine Gap and the NW headland. I think living in a range area that is not any where near military targets is an option to survive and develop strategies late to survive. If I fail well so be it.
I've made my peace with the Lord and I ask him to protect my 'Truey' and children who have not been baptised whom I'm sure haven't committed any major sins. They are all progressing in their own indomitable way.
If this progresses and occurs I will miss my conversation with all my mates here.
In my mind I think this will not happen and we'll all be still here. I get very little social contact.
I am now exposed. haha.
Kind regards as always and for a peaceful future and a joyous Christmas,
Bally and Truey.
Fear has been the tool of control. It has controlled me the vast majority of my life.
Recently I chose to no longer live in any fear. I've accepted I have nothing to fear. If struggles come then they will only serve to strengthen me in some way, or to nudge me into progressing forward.
It was recently, within the last year or so that I came to what the Bible refers to as "long-suffering." The last of the fruits of the Spirit.
"To suffer with grace," I think is a good way to see that.
Whatever the Lord throws our way, it is meant to be, and we are meant to go through it. Fortunately a better place is on the other side, where we will all be socializing and living "happily ever after."
I say, let the elites blow there fortunes up. So be it.
I live on the east coast of the United States. There are 4 military bases right near me. This has always been known as a high target area.
I'm glad you too know our Lord. It's awesome how we can think about things like war and the end of the world, and still have peace about it.
As far as our loved ones who may of not known the Lord in this life, and have not committed any "eternal sin" then I believe "love covers a multitude of sin," and the same love that forgave us, will forgive them. Luckily there is only one "unforgivable sin."
Even if, say ww3 breaks out, everything is destroyed, then we still have the 1000 year reign (if we haven't already lived it through reincarnation). God's mercy still extends beyond the "end of the world."
Even though my life has been rough, I am still glad I lived it, and have seen what I've seen, and learned what I've learned along the way.
If this escalates any further we are in for a long winter here, and a long summer (if I'm not mistaken)for you. We'll see. Putting is chattering it up right now. More than I've ever seen. North Korea will start in even more soon, I believe. China will make a move too.
We've all been predicting this for a while now. Maybe we'll get a curve ball instead.
(11-24-2024, 01:54 AM)Michigan Swamp Buck Wrote: Yes, keep the faith, it's all we have left. But perhaps faith is what has me questioning all this and what makes me angry with God. I've had some serious talks with The Almighty and have had sympathy for the Devil lately. I have given deep consideration to his war with God and how a third of the angels sided with Satan. Who is really here to free you and what are they freeing you from?
The nature of creation and our mortal existence makes me wonder about the true character of God and his adversary. I will go even further and say that if our lives are some kind of purity test, it's like a USDA inspection before we are included on the heavenly menu.
Maybe that last bit was too extreme. What I am coming to believe is that the whole purpose of creation is like an engine that provides power to the heavenly realm. All forms of energy are there resisting the pressure of the frozen singularly outside of the space/time bubble created by the big band when God said, "Let there be light". The constant storing, mixing, and release of energy is just a heat engine that keeps the universe expanding until it cools down to absolute zero and time stops. We are just tiny parts of a cosmic machine that serves God's purpose. Maybe Lucifer understood how God used humanity and all life in his creation without regard for our pitiful condition and his rebellion was on our behalf, to free us from the hell on Earth that God's creation is to us struggling mortals.
Funny, but I had come to the same sympathy for the devil not too long ago...
Great thoughts on this.
Cheers
I wonder though, where did you come up for the idea that we are simply hamsters on a wheel to keep God's heat on? (My metaphorical interpretation of your words)
That's an interesting thought, and not sure one I've heard before.
I wondered of we are all angels that fell with lucifer and this is a chance to see what the devils kingdom would actually be like, since that s what the devil was shooting for. To rule. Well, he's had his time, and maybe we fell with him, and this is God's mercy to allow us to continue on in these flesh prisons, in this material world, to yes, see if we choose what is good and pure, or if we choose what is evil instead.
One last chance for the fallen angels to repent?
Maybe there are other planets out there that weren't "cursed" and are whole planets that are garden of Edens. Maybe we are one of the only ones to have been cursed?
Why else would God trap us here with Satan and all his fallen angels? To learn good and evil¿
That's one theory I've come up with recently. I've pondered many different theories on it.
RE: Don't get too comfortable - Michigan Swamp Buck - 11-24-2024
I think you understand what I'm saying. Given normal human conditions, we suffer pain, and sacrifice and then finally we die. My Grandmother had a saying, "This life, one more, and then what?"
We are born into this world, it isn't just what you make of it. Great Grandmother would say, "Dats da vey it is, vhat you gonna do?" I believe we live in a dark and sinister universe where pain and suffering are the norm. The end times that are unfolding seem to support the contention that we are in a living hell purposely created for us. Is this a punishment for some unknown evil we have committed or is this life a lesson we must learn through pain and torture? Either way, it doesn't indicate to me a loving and caring father sky God who has our best interests at heart. This is not how a kind and gentle father treats his children.
I used to believe in reincarnation, and even now I still toss around that idea on occasion. But if that were true, that would complete the picture of an eternity of our hellish mortal existence. If that were the case, we would literally be in hell, just played out as different people one after the other. Living, suffering, and dying again and again and again forever. If this is the love shown to us by our creator, then I don't want any of that kind of love. Sympathy for the Devil and his rebellion against God, I can understand that after looking at things this way.
Going back to the universal heat engine and human beings on the heavenly menu, ideas I developed based on my crazy Uncle's theories of a frozen singularity outside of space/time. There is the idea that evil spirits and demons consume our fear energy to sustain their spirit bodies. They harmonize with the emotions of pain, fear, and suffering, whereas the "good" angelic beings harmonize with love and other positive emotions that they also consume like eating food. Some people have even said don't go into the light at the end of the tunnel like they are comparing it to the stomach of God where you are consumed by the light and become part of God's body. Of course, you will need a pure spirit to be on God's dinner menu, tender and well-done at the same time. The saints must be delicious.
RE: Don't get too comfortable - Michigan Swamp Buck - 11-24-2024
Now, if you liked the cosmic heat engine theory, that came from the idea of the Big Bang as entertainment. Creation as a cosmic firework display for God and the heavenly host. Being behind the front wave of the bang, we are part of the dying embers and smoke cooling off and burning out in the breeze.
RE: Don't get too comfortable - F2d5thCav - 11-24-2024
For MSB--
Quote:This is not how a kind and gentle father treats his children.
I don't have any special knowledge, but I doubt that anthropomorphizing God will lend much clarity. Creation is on a scale we cannot comprehend and the purpose of it ... yeah.
Quote:we would literally be in hell, just played out as different people one after the other.
The philosophy of the Cathars may be of use here. They firmly believed the material world was Hell and a realm ruled by Satan. The exalted realm is spiritual, and our spiritual strivings here are attempts to exit the material world forever and remain in the spiritual realm.
Cheers--
RE: Don't get too comfortable - FlickerOfLight - 11-24-2024
(11-24-2024, 01:42 PM)Michigan Swamp Buck Wrote: Now, if you liked the cosmic heat engine theory, that came from the idea of the Big Bang as entertainment. Creation as a cosmic firework display for God and the heavenly host. Being behind the front wave of the bang, we are part of the dying embers and smoke cooling off and burning out in the breeze.
Very interesting, and neat the way you worded it.
If so, then we are very complex smoldering embers, on there way to fizzling out.
That does make God seem evil, when considered as a possibility.
If this were true......I'd break bad. Completely and relentlessly. Then I'd destroy everything I saw.
Just to be a dick back.
I believe we are loved way more than that. I believe we are more special to God than his angels. I see us as little babies in God's eyes. Little babies he is teaching to talk and walk and navigate his creation. This is a learning experience through and through.
That's what I feel.
(11-24-2024, 02:05 PM)F2d5thCav Wrote: For MSB--Eyes that see....
Quote:This is not how a kind and gentle father treats his children.
I don't have any special knowledge, but I doubt that anthropomorphizing God will lend much clarity. Creation is on a scale we cannot comprehend and the purpose of it ... yeah.
Quote:we would literally be in hell, just played out as different people one after the other.
The philosophy of the Cathars may be of use here. They firmly believed the material world was Hell and a realm ruled by Satan. The exalted realm is spiritual, and our spiritual strivings here are attempts to exit the material world forever and remain in the spiritual realm.
Cheers--
RE: Don't get too comfortable - Michigan Swamp Buck - 11-24-2024
Embers burning out on a 4th of July breeze, sounds so patriotic for WWIII.
I like this song by Traffic . . .
Quote:If you see something that looks like a star
And it's shooting up out of the ground
And your head is spinning from a loud guitar
And you just can't escape from the sound
Don't worry too much, it'll happen to you
We were children once, playing with toys
And that thing that you're hearing is only the sound of
The low spark of high-heeled boys
RE: Don't get too comfortable - FlickerOfLight - 11-24-2024
(11-24-2024, 02:43 PM)Michigan Swamp Buck Wrote: Embers burning out on a 4th of July breeze, sounds so patriotic for WWIII.
I like this song by Traffic . . .
Quote:If you see something that looks like a star
And it's shooting up out of the ground
And your head is spinning from a loud guitar
And you just can't escape from the sound
Don't worry too much, it'll happen to you
We were children once, playing with toys
And that thing that you're hearing is only the sound of
The low spark of high-heeled boys
Sadly, That's hitting the nail on the head.
https://www.youtube.com/live/eYj0gwP-g3M?si=h0Hj9NfxAmVl3tw8
Now it looks like Russia is employing Houthis to fight alongside them, and the North Koreans, against Ukraine.
From what we can see it does look like the beginning of a global conflict. World War 2 started in a similar fashion. Small at first, then grew into global war.
I'm wondering how this conflict and all the other conflicts going on will all align. Right now we have two different wars going on. If the world jumps in to fight Russia what will come of the war in the conflict in the middle east.
I have this suspicion that all of it will be combined, including China and Taiwan.
"The great reset"