Edward Gibbons, eh? I especially liked the 15th & 16th chapters of that devout Christian's book on Rome. ;-)
To me, that sounds like our world today.
And to me that sounds like our world every single day since humans have been stumbling across its surface. This is the main trick of gloomy prognosticators: their "evidence" is so arrantly ambiguous it can be applied to all times. "Gee-whiz, Grandpa, that Nostradamus predicted everything!"
"He sure did, Tristram! And we know that the Brewers will win the World Series next year because of Nostradamus' reference to a white knight eating a pear."
Of course when the Brewers get badly stompted next year it casts no dispersions on ol' Nostradamus' visionary genius; it's our fault for not interpreting the true import of the pear: he meant in 2008!
Raptures, tribulations, atonements: Why is God so obsessed with bizarre theatrics?
It's hard to get past that reconstitution of the State of Israel.
Because men are deaf to the 'still, small voice'?
Why don't you ask Him. I'm sure He'll be glad to let you know.
Why don't you ask Him. I'm sure He'll be glad to let you know.
I suppose you feel comfortable calling Almighty God obsessed
and according to your perspective and criteria, to boot.
Not something I'd want to get carried away doing.
He IS HIGH AND LIFTED UP, AND HIS TRAIN FILLS THE TEMPLE.
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY.
Your face to the floor before Him is much more fitting than your cheeky assertions, accusations, broad-sides and private interpretation, personal judgment/criteria derisions toward Him and the way HE HAS CHOSEN to write HIS WORD about such matters.
It's reasonable that you don't comprehend it. I don't think anyone has it all figured out.
It's another leap of . . . fool-hardiness . . . to therefore begin a freewheeling assault on the respect do ALMIGHTY GOD.
Sheesh.