What Are You Preparing For?

[Amanah]

Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

I agree with this. I believe we should prepare for economic distress at the very least, regardless of whether Armageddon has anything to do with it or not. The writing is on the wall for our debt entrenched country. Whether or not this has anything to do with the "end of days" or whatever you want to call it, it would not be a bad idea to have on hand food to last you for at least three months, and basic survival supplies, in case of no water, food, or electricity. Urban areas will possibly be most hardest hit, as folks there won't have easy access to food and water, because of the masses of people. We have seen how quickly people degenerate when basic necessities aren't met in other countries with rioting and looting... what makes us think it couldn't happen here in our beloved America?

Yet, in all your preparing, and readying of supplies, keeping in mind that as in the days of Israel when they walked through the wilderness, God supplied and met all their needs, I believe the same will happen to believers during this time. I believe it will be a witness and a light to the rest of the world, when they see the protection of God over his saints even as destruction and terror reign in the land.

So yes, BB, and Jay, let's prepare for revival, for a wonderful day is coming, but until that day comes, basic supplies for difficult days ahead is not a bad idea, and beyond that, trust in Jesus to supply our needs.

That is how we are preparing anyway....

I live in Florida with hurricanes, I spent one month w/o electricity in a housing area that looked like it had been bombed . . . being prepared for a 3 month disaster is not a bad idea. MREs are pretty good btw.

[bbyrd009]

Well, we are each going to do what we will do. I would like to emphasize that anything useful in tomorrow's scenario should be good for today, otherwise what are you doing today that is not...sustainable tomorrow?

New Living Translation (©2007)
"So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today.

English Standard Version (©2001)
“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

International Standard Version (©2008)
So never worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

http://bible.cc/matthew/6-34.htm

But hey, I'm planting potatoes...

[bbyrd009]

It's worth saying that it isn't what you think about what may be going on around you that will matter, but what you do.

Also, the world may seem to be on fire right now
(it's Armageddon, that's where we're headin')
But understand this happens every 80 years, since industrialization at least, and other cycles obtained before this. In fact, you should be able to Google...ya, a G of "80 year c" auto-completes for "80 year cycle."

Although we have the additional flava of 1948 this time, understand why it might be a red herring. Auditing a "Zionism" thread should give you enough clues alone, but see that God may have a different, more spiritual definition of "fig tree" than we do. A diaspora has occurred since then.

In 80 years, your ancestors will likely be right where you are now, the only diff being that information and communications now available, which is why you know there is an 80 year cycle, will have been available for 80 years then, at least in some form. I'm not clear on exactly what evolution this might engender--knowledge time-capsule? Timed internet diaries of 80 years ago? Or merely a more vast archive of 80 years ago--but the advance of knowledge in general can only be considered a good thing (despite the danger of too much knowledge) and the advance of social knowledge can only be considered a holy pursuit.

[The Matt]

I'm preparing for being able to understand the right decisions when they come.

[bbyrd009]

I like that, particularly because decisions are something that one has to make. Amen.

[bertcarring]

Originally Posted by bbyrd009

Are you preparing for Armageddon? Do you find it strange that that is pretty much what secular society is preparing for, this Biblical "battle?"

So, what are you preparing for?

The world to come.

[bbyrd009]

Originally Posted by bertcarring

The world to come.

Ha, an adroit side-step? When does this world "come?" How are you preparing for it? What might it look like to you?

[bertcarring]

Originally Posted by bbyrd009

Ha, an adroit side-step? When does this world "come?" How are you preparing for it? What might it look like to you?

After this one.

The Spirit of God.

Eternity.

[bbyrd009]

Originally Posted by bertcarring

After this one.

The Spirit of God.

Eternity.

And when will this Eternity of yours--and most Christians, I guess--begin?
(when various things read in the Revelation, taken to be prophesies of literal manifestations occur)

So in other words, anywhen but now. This world that most of us envision, what we call our "eschatology," cannot possibly happen before sundown today, correct? See why the "AM" in "Understand I AM" might have been emphasized...

[bertcarring]

Originally Posted by bbyrd009

And when will this Eternity of yours--and most Christians, I guess--begin?
(when various things read in the Revelation, taken to be prophesies of literal manifestations occur)

So in other words, anywhen but now. This world that most of us envision, what we call our "eschatology," cannot possibly happen before sundown today, correct? See why the "AM" in "Understand I AM" might have been emphasized...

What shall my wages be if I teach thee?