Posted on 08/05/2005 9:21:13 AM PDT by wesley_windam-price
That way we have a very rapid buildup of warheads to send via airmail to our enemies pronto!!
"Nope, Christ alone will be the victor."
Revelation 19: 11-18 says different. Verse 14 talks about the armies of heaven which I believe includes all souls departed in the friendship of Christ. Stop taking shots at your Christian brothers and sisters who are works in progress like you and I are too. If they are in error you need to pray for them if your eyes are open to what they are doing. Many times in my walk with God, He has disciplined me and shown me the hypocrisy I saw in others I was guilty of in other ways. Your mindset is setting you up for a fall.
Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse! Its rider is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. 12His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems; and he has a name inscribed that no one knows but himself. 13He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is called The Word of God. 14And the armies of heaven, wearing fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. 15From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron; he will tread the wine press of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16On his robe and on his thigh he has a name inscribed, ‘King of kings and Lord of lords.’
The thing is that it is almost inevitable that someone will detonate one sooner or later. After the first one goes ... who knows where it will end.
You have very succinctly stated what is killing America. I don't know where these business school grad's are coming from nowadays, but watching what they do is like being in a live Dilbert cartoon.
The first time he came to earth was to save. When he returns again He comes to destroy Satan and rule. Armageddon is the final conflict between good and evil and their will be forces on both sides. Read the prophesies Christ gave in the gospels and the Revelation.
All this Armageddon talk worries me more than the Chicoms and terrorists do. Do you guys know something we don't?
Maybe, just maybe, China can each resist the temptation of resorting to nuclear attack; they know what would happen to them in return and don't want their country destroyed. It worked on the Russians. Then again, would the US and its population defend Taiwan at the cost of, say, LA, San Francisco and Seattle? We are obligated to defend Taiwan - will we?
And I have no faith in the "rationality" of some of these Middle Eastern crazies. If they had nukes they'd use them. They don't care if they die. The fact that we haven't been nuked already is something I ascribe to their inability (so far) to obtain or transport them, or to their still being in the planning stages of an attack, which could come any time. I doubt M.A.D. will work on the worst of those types.
What a downer, I know.
Ever since 9/11 when a radio signal suddenly goes off the air for longer than a brief interval, or a special report comes on, my mind flashes for a moment to . . . something. Not a nuclear attack, but some other kind of attack - in the subways, etc. I wish Fox News would not overuse its Alert signal so much. Nothing concerning Michael Jackson or Natalee Holloway will affect my life so much that they have to do that. (No offense to the Holloway family.) I'm sure the other networks do it too.
My, what a whiny crybaby rant! Oh well, you got me thinking. Now back to my life . . .
Good book!
I will have to re-read Animal Farm again. the ending especially. Don't the farmers from the other farms start trading with the animals, to make a buck?
The local Detroit station here used to put out a "Breaking News" bulletin if there was a murder or a suspicious fire. This of course, happens hourly in Detroit. They received so much flack that I haven't seen one of these alerts in a year.
Ever since 9/11 when a radio signal suddenly goes off the air for longer than a brief interval, or a special report comes on, my mind flashes for a moment to . . . something.
You too? I think a lot of us are still going thru this. I don't live in constant fear, but since 911 I do pay closer attention when things seem unordinary. We all know that someday these "alerts" will be real.
Yes. Again, I don't want to sound cowardly, but it crosses the mind from time to time.
A friend remembers when, just after the Emergency Broadcast System (or whatever it is now called) started being used for more types of disasters, it came on and said "this is NOT a test." It was a hurricane warning, which is important. But in the moments before he found out what the emergency was, he was QUITE agitated.
And of course in my area (NYC area) there are many huge oil storage tanks - I thought everyone grew up near these until I went off to college! - and when there is an accident now everyone wonders at first whether it was sabotage.
When I wake up, turn on the radio, and hear about the baseball steroid scandal or some other such issue at the top of the news, I am immediately calmed. If that's what's the number one story, we're safe for the moment, I think. How horrible to wake up to the London bombings last month.
Is this guy thinking they could pull this off and still remain with any semblance of a society left in China? Yes, they might have the capability to destroy Japan and cripple the United States but when the smoke cleared, China would be one big glass parking lot.
There's nothing cowardly about being aware and ready to react in a disaster. The London attacks on 7/7 reminded a lot of people that terrorism is still out there, just waiting to pay us a visit again. Cowardice would be knowing the situation exists and instead of blaming the evil perpetrators you appease them and ask what you did wrong to deserve their ire while blaming the ones who refuse to give in.
"palm trees of smoke'?
Not an intrusion at all!
I know Cal Thomas' recent column painted a bleak picture for Israel. You may be right. Time will tell.
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