It is amazing to see banks merging together at such unprecedented rates...Washington Mutual Bought out by JP Morgan, UK based Barclays which owns Banks in almost all towns in Uganda, Africa (for those who wish to flee there), takes Lehman Brothers, now the talk this weekend is Citi Bank (has business in Uganda and East Africa too...) merging with Wachovia, and the chain will continue up... I don't think that the mergers will stop here, they will go up until the pyramid is complete with only one guy at the top - the big eye overseeing all investments. Will it happen tomorrow? I don't think so and that is why I am not so quick to announce that the US is a dead horse like some Bible Prophecy students are implying. When I read Bible prophecy and try to decipher what will come ahead, I DO NOT see the US collapse financially or by an economic crisis. I see instead WAR that leads to the collapse of the US... If The US is seen as Babylon the Great in Revelation 17,18, then she is brought down by war -- in one hour, all her plagues come to her in one day and by surprise that the merchants of the earth who trade with her are caught unaware... I believe that this "financial crisis" is a decoy, a detractor, a mirage in the desert... Remember the Iraq War and Weapons of Mass Destruction? Well, I believe this could very well be a decoy and the financial thugs run free with even more control over your daily life financially and 700 Billion pocket change... However, lets pray for both Presidential Candidates and for their safety regardless of if you like Obama or McCain... The decisions that the next US President makes will affect the whole world. Why was McCain dragging his feet into the debates and unsure of himself? Is he smelling something evil in the making that it is useless for him to continue to run for president? Even in the presidential debate in Mississippi, McCain looked very unsure of himself and liked forced to debate... Some have theorized that the US constitution could be suspended... Iran could be attacked, etc.... Usually in times of Financial crisis, war happens... Recall the Great Depression and the Second World War? Before 9/11, the financial markets went crazy? This is all speculation and just a 'huuhm'... I am not sensational here and will not, however, pray for the protection of the leaders of the US including the infamous GW Bush...lets not have an ugly October Surprise... Do not walk in fear and make decisions out of paranoia but Trust in The Lord and He will guide and lead you in all your ways. These are very interesting times but our Trust is in The Lord. Update...Worrying About The Current US Economic Crisis is fruitless...KM Sept 26 As Christians we are called to be witnesses of Jesus Christ not only in good times but also in bad times, and there is no such an opportune time as this. Lots of folks are worried, fearful, and very paranoid as to what will happen next. It is not good that many "Bible Prophecy" websites are only promoting Fear while others simply ignore current events in light of the Scriptures and refuse to Watch as The Lord Commanded us... However, The Lord has not called us to live in fear and Paranoia. The truth is that this is not even to the scale mentioned in The Book of Revelation, this is just a beginning of sorrows. Tough times lay ahead but it is time to seize this opportunity and testify for Christ by our Character in Christ and Word of Jesus Christ. Worrying about the economy will not fix it. All human systems will certainly fail and none will stand. Your trust cannot be in money or Stock Market... Your Trust Must be in Christ Jesus. He alone can Sustain you and Provide and Protect you in these times. The Name of The Lord is a Strong Tower and the Righteous Run to it and are SAFE.... Our only place of Safety is in Jesus Christ. I would like to inform my American Audience that things are very worse in Africa and never reported on CNN or FOX... You are blessed in the US that even with the current economic crisis, you still have food on your table... Yes, like I said, the rich are going to only get richer and the poor, poorer... However, live simple, eat less, cut back on unnecessary expenditure...you will feel free from control of the Materialism and want of it... Food won't control you, neither, fancy life styles... Remember, you are a pilgrim in this world... However, don't give up on hard work...be faithful at work, and work harder regardless, as to The Lord and not to please Man...(Read my Commentary of 1 and 2 Thessalonians ) Seek out the needy in America and help them freely and with humility... Above all seek The Lord, pray, read your bible and seek His will... The Grace and Peace of God be with you.
Matthew 6:25-34Update...The Rich will continue getting Richer and The Poor, Poorer...KM Sept 24 Despite the US economic crisis, the rich will continue getting richer and the poor will become even more poorer. The US government bail out of the 'Big Boys' by paying them 700 Billion (which is a polite way of saying 1 Trillion US Dollars) is just a start. Many have prophesied that the End of the US Economic Hegemony is now... I tend to think otherwise, I only see it transitioning into a Global Vicious Economic Beast that will be controlled only by a Few 'Rich Men of The Earth'. As you struggle to get bread and milk on your table by paying a day's wage for it, others will be enjoying free luxurious wines the world has to offer. Read carefully the Book of Revelation and see for yourself the economic gap as it continues to widen... George W Bush and his surrogates have raped America and emptied the 3 Trillion surplus, Stolen Billions daily in an illegal war in Iraq through their companies like Blackwater and Haliburton and are now leaving office with a 1 Trillion Dollar Blank Check that they love to call a '700 Billion Dollar Bail Out'... Welcome to the World of the 'Rich Men of The Earth'... Not only will the US bail out its banks but even foreign Banks... This is the greatest international Bank scam as one blogger put it...The Redistribution of wealth... However, remember that this is just for a time... The Whore Rides the Beast for a Time... Before she is torn apart, her flesh eaten, and burnt with fire... When I read Revelation, I see more foreigners buy US companies and invest heavily... That is why the merchants of the earth - the rich men of the earth mourn as they see their wealth evaporate as The Whore is destroyed in one hour... This is very possible...I believe that the 700 Billion Bail out will fail and then foreign investors will buy US companies for pennies...they will take advantage of the great consumerism in the US... They will also own SLAVES... Have you wondered how in the world slavery would return in this day and age??? Well, let the Chinese and Abu Dhabi - Dubai Investors come to America... Folks will sell themselves to work just for bread.... There is a clear separation of the Poor and the Wealthy... The Rich Men of The Earth will continue to viciously oppress the poor and loot huge amount of wealth... Only Jesus Christ will Return and Stop Them...
(25) Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
(26) Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
(27) Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
(28) And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
(29) And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
(30) Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
(31) Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
(32) (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
(33) But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
(34) Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Notice that during the Hard Economic Times, Wine is not touched, a symbol of wealth, well being and luxury... Riches continue even in Apocalyptic times...
Revelation 6:6Notice the 'Rich and Great Men of the Earth'...
(6) And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Revelation 6:15Notice the Viciouness of the "Rich Men of The Earth'...
(15) And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
James 5:1-6Notice the 'Rich Men of the Earth' oppress the poor...
(1) Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
(2) Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
(3) Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
(4) Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
(5) Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
(6) Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
James 2:1-7Notice -- The Love of Money is source of ALL Evil...More Wars to come worse than the Iraq War, all because of money...
(1) My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
(2) For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
(3) And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
(4) Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
(5) Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
(6) But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
(7) Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
1 Timothy 6:9-10Update...Be Wise in The Lord...Seek God's Will...Walk not in Fear...Sept 21 Ephesians 5:15-21
(9) But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
(10) For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. ...More 2'morrow...
(15) See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
(16) Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
(17) Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
(18) And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
(19) Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
(20) Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
(21) Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
2 Timothy 1:7
(7) For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
