>>So I take it you are looking for the end of times?<<
Not necessarily. The depression and subsequent war was not the end of times.
Truth be told though, I am always on the lookout. I sometimes wonder if Revelation 17 and 18 are not talking about the US. Which makes Revelation 18:4 rather poignant.
Come on. This isnt going to be 1929.
The basic structure of the economy is still solid.
Come out of us because of our sins?
I found this interesting concerning speculating and hyper-inflating markets from Revelations (from the New American Bible, footnote included):
http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/revelation/revelation6.htm
I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures. It said, “A ration of wheat costs a day’s pay, and three rations of barley cost a day’s pay. But do not damage the olive oil or the wine.”
A day’s pay: literally, “a denarius,” a Roman silver coin that constitutes a day’s wage in Matthew 20:2. Because of the famine, food was rationed and sold at an exorbitant price. A liter of flour was considered a day’s ration in the Greek historians Herodotus and Diogenes Laertius. Barley: food of the poor (John 6:9, 13; cf 2 Kings 7:1, 16, 18); it was also used to feed animals; cf 1 Kings 5:8. Do not damage: the olive and the vine are to be used more sparingly in time of famine.
What is the Chapter, verse, and footnote? Chapter 6, verse 6, footnote 6.
What Satan can’t seduce with sin, hell will spread misery.
I believe Rev. 18 describes America to a tee. Christ bought my “insurance” 2000 years ago on a cross, and all my faith and hope is in Him, not the dollar. I don’t know how other people get through the fear and uncertainty at times like these without Him.