EXACTLY!
That is why I believe in a Mid-Tribulation Rapture...
We as believers see a world and our country being taken over by the will of Satan....
No way could the world come to a evil world power spoken in the Bible with as many Christians still inhabiting the earth.
You were saying — “We as believers see a world and our country being taken over by the will of Satan....”
If there ever was room for a “conspiracy theory” — it would be the conspiracy of Satan, as told us in the Bible, in order to set up his worldwide rule through the Antichrist (whoever that may be and I don’t know... :-) ... ).
That’s the only true conspiracy that is going on in the world, aside from little and insignificant machinations of various individuals, trying to get their own way for their own self-benefit...
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You said — “No way could the world come to a evil world power spoken in the Bible with as many Christians still inhabiting the earth.”
Yep, for how rapidly things have to progress (at that particular time) I would say that Christians have to be out of the way, all at once, or they would create too much of a “drag” on the whole process for it to take place so rapidly. Right now Christians do slow down the “progress” of evil in the world, in many ways. It still moves forward, though, in spite of what Christians do, because Satan has been granted the power to take over, when his time has come.
But, if you’ve seen my home page (on Free Republic) then you know I’m pre-trib... :-)
I think Satan gets the whole 7 years free of the Christians who are around today... LOL..