Some people too easily assume that the cataclysmic times are upon us. But Christ gave us a big fat hint when He asked whether, when He returns, He will find faith on the earth. The answer, of course, is NO!
Christ will hold us — NOT some biblically set fate — responsible if we drop our faith ball on the ground — if we play down His capabilities to bless even here and now and go hide in our prayer closets and don’t walk the gospel out there as far and as strong as possible.
Because God is omniscient, He knows that these times will come. But it will be at a time when Christendom has dropped the gospel ball.
Okay - I was a bit premature in my last exclamation. THIS ^^^ is the MOST SALIENT POINT MADE on this thread.
Because it is the ROOT CAUSE of why we are in this mess to begin with. As our Founders all essentially agreed: ""Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Benjamin Franklin
We are no longer by and large, a virtuous and moral people. We are become corrupt and vicious or lethargic and self-serving. Thus the consequences you see being played out before you.
We are under Judgment for our sins as a Christian people who have sat on our hands while we lost the culture to the hedonists.
As a direct result, we lost the Republic.
Time to repent so we can be prepared for the long, bloody struggle ahead to endure to the end.