A Plea and Some Help for these Difficult Days

     Before you automatically disregard this, consider that I am trying to do everything possible to communicate a warning to as many people as I can regarding some very alarming events that may have a huge impact on the population of our community, the State, the Nation and the world. You would think that, if that were the case, that the prevailing news media would be letting us know about it, but that it part of the problem, they don't want to "alarm the public", and perhaps become part of a self-fulfilling prophecy. For example, there have been several instances in the recent past, where we've heard of a near miss, when an asteroid, or a meteor came very close to Earth, but we didn't hear about it until afterward. That's the kind of thing I am talking about. My intention here, is to provide some information about alternative news sites that have impressed me with documenting who, what, where, why, and when, so that you will be able to prepare, and that you will not be taken by surprise, if even one of these events befalls us.

     A great many people, today, believe that we are in the 'last days'. Many of you that receive this letter, may be well acquainted with what I am trying to say. But, I am concerned because some of the people that I know personally, prefer to "hear no evil, see no evil, and speak no evil" and refuse to listen to any of these things. While this may seem noble, it's not very smart. Sometimes we need to sound the alarm. If I am about to be run over, I hope someone will tell me to get out of the way!

     With that, the first item I want to discuss, is the point I already made regarding the media's unwillingness to do their job, and to report unbiasedly, without judgment, the events that are happening in our community, in the State, in the Nation, and in the rest of the world. The truth is that only a few people own all of the news media, and it is their biases that permeate what we are allowed to know about. Google 'Ted Turner', owner of CNN, Turner Broadcasting, and Warner in affiliation with CBS. Look up 'Concentration of Media Ownership'. Alarm bells should be ringing. There are alternative news sites though, and so, if we do some research we can find out at least part of the truth. It is sometimes surprising what you can find in foreign news broadcasts. I read and compare about 25 alternative news sites most mornings, to include: Info Wars, Breitbart News, Truthstream, WND, Telegraph, RT News, Now the End Begins, Christian Headlines, and many others. Like I said, the documentation of the who, what, when, where, and why, is what I appreciate. A lot of times, the regular news will finally catch up, for instance I was warning about the housing crisis about a year before it finally got any press in the regular news. Enough said about that. If you want to be informed, do a little of your own research apart from what you are being told on the evening news.

     To what I have learned. Many, many experts have been warning about a global financial meltdown. Right now, there are about 23 countries experiencing a meltdown. The mere fact that the regular news is talking about this at all should send shivers down your spine. Please take the time to find out how our economy is being artificially held together. As many as 50 years ago, my father told me about how we are building a 'house of cards' in this country. It  will inevitably come down. We are there. Experts from our own country and around the world are sounding the alarm. The greatest one-day stock market slide was 777 points in September of 2008. Last Thursday and Friday, the market slid 888 points. If the banks are frozen, or if you lose your investment money in the stock market, you need to have a back-up plan. Hence, this warning. Please get some food and water, some toiletries etc…Even if a disaster only lasts a few weeks, you'll have something.  Do some research about the vulnerability of this Nation to an EMP attack, and its consequences. Read about how vaccines are hurting our children.

     Earlier, I mentioned the last days. I think, most people are familiar with the meaning of those words, as having to do with the prophecies in the Bible. The Lord Jesus spoke of the last days in Matthew 24:3-14, "…as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come". Of course 2 Peter 3-4 says, "Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation". Doesn't that go right along with the fact that Jesus said that many will be deceived two times, above? So, to those who believe the Word of God (who is Jesus, made flesh), there is only one thing that matters…does He know you? "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity," Matthew 7:21-23. So, how can we be sure? Once again, it is the Word of God that gives the answer. No doctrine, no teaching, no other 'gospel' is sufficient. What does GOD have to say? 2 Cor 13:5, "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves". We know we are 'in the faith' when we agree with God. He said in Romans 10:9&10, "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation". That's it. It's that simple. Everything else becomes His business to perform in us over time. But, first, be sure you are standing on the right foundation! If you have believed the Lord Jesus, and have confessed that you believe Him, then your life is in God's hands, and He will teach you everything else you need to know. We get confused, because too many have made Salvation about behavior. Philippians 1:6, "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ…". You are His business. Just don't think you are saved because you've been going to church your whole life, or because you are busy doing 'Christian things', or because you were raised in a Christian household, or because you belong to a particular sect, or denomination. Those things are not what God says you need. You need Him. His Blood alone avails for our Salvation. I want to leave you with one more thing. The only way to please God, is through faith. When we trust Him for our Salvation, and we lean on Him for our lives. When we ask Him to direct our paths, to correct us when we are wrong, and to search us and try us to see if there be any wicked way in us, He is pleased. 1 Cor 2:5-16, "…your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. …But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God… But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." Hebrews 11:6, "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."

     If anyone is interested in studying the Scriptures, there are great helps on the Web. Go to the Biblegateway.com, and eliyah.com (for a comparison of the Greek and Hebrew texts) to start. You can look up any subject, do words comparisons, language comparisons, etc.. Enjoy!

     I hope this information will be helpful to you and yours as the beginning of preparations in these difficult days. Luke 21, :31-36, "So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man".