I know Immanuel Velikovsky used the same title for one of his books but most of this generation would not be aware of that. Immanuel Velikovsky wrote several books about catastrophism in Earth’s geological past. His theory of planets in collision gives natural causes for the flood and the other judgments in the Bible. If you reject evolution you might read his books because there is a lot of truth in what he wrote, but even geniuses like Velokosvsky do not get everything right. He certainly did not acknowledge that God also works through supernatural means. His theory of “planets in collision” most likely has some validity especially since his theories were rejected by most of the scientific world. Much of the scientific world could not find the truth of the earth’s true past if the truth came out of orbit and hit them over the head. That is why we get silly scientific support for shear nonsense like macro evolution and anthropic global warming.
Nonetheless, this post is not about that kind of earth upheaval although it it is not out of the realm of possibilities that our earth could one day again come in collision with other heavenly bodes. That could account for some of the judgments found in Revelation. But, the earth in upheaval that I will write about is already apparent even though those in denial will have to be hit over the head with reality before they believe.
I am going to point out eight inconvenient truths about earth upheavals for those living on the earth in the next few years. These truths may be in contrast to the lies that you have been fed by media, government and academia.
1. The world is not going into any economic recovery economies will go into upheaval.
Are you keeping track of what is going on in Greece right now? Because of what is happening in Greece the US stock market dropped over 5 percent in two day. It is the biggest drop on Wall Street in a year. Oil prices have dropped over $10 a barrel since last week and the Euro is dropping like a rock against the dollar. That does not sound like investors are betting on any recovery.
The financial markets in Europe are near panic and if they do not solve this crises it could be the beginning of be the end of EU as we now know it. But, even if the richer EU nations bail out Greece in some unknown way that brings little pain to the Greeks, Europe’s problems have just begun. Years of socialism has caught up with the PIIGS of Europe (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain). The PIIGS cannot pay back their debt and if austerity measures are enforced to try to stop the PIIGS from living beyond their means the socialist labor unions in those nations call general strikes and members take to the streets and riot.
The hard working German people are probably the only nation in Europe wealthy enough to feed all the PIIGS of Europe but the German people do not want to get in a position where they would have to perpetually fill the pig troughs. If the German leaders oppose the people of Germany and save the lazy PIIGS their own bacon will be fried (that’s the German majority view point and not necessarily mine, so save your cards and letters folks).
It is not just the PIIGS of Europe that have debt problems either. Great Britain is in very bad shape and the Eastern nations of Europe also will not be able to pay their debts. Does anyone really expect Germany to bail out everyone unable to pay their debts? The only way the German people might support bailing out the rest of Europe is if it led to German control over the rest of Europe.
China’s economy probably will be in crises before the end of the year. The low wages of the people cannot support what they are buying and the houses that they are building. The people are living on investment stimulus bubbles. There will soon be a crash in real estate, commercial building, and the stock and bond market in China. A tyrannical China in upheaval is a pretty frighting thought.
The US recovery will be in a world of hurt by this fall. The weak recovery is the result of government spending trillions more than it took in and the Federal Reserve creating 1.3 trillion dollars out of thin air. It cannot continue. Even if we have a mild recovery we will be in the same shape as Greece by 2015. More likely we have a new crises long before then. I wrote enough about the US economy on other posts on this blog already so no need to write it all over here again.
2. Europe is heading for upheaval and civil war because the politically correct leaders choose to see no evil in Islam
I already wrote about that in various posts as well, but some experts are now saying the same thing. Muslims will not assimilate in Europe. Their religion and culture does not allow assimilation to happen and almost everyone now knows it. There already are mini Muslim nation enclaves in many nations of Europe and they continue to expand. The native Europeans are paying most of the bills and the natives are getting fed up watching their cultures be destroyed by immigrants that will not assimilate but will support terrorists.
Governments living in denial of the hatred that many Muslims have toward “infidels” shows weakness that is sure to be exploited by Muslim terrorists. If the economy in Europe worsens it is going to get ugly all the way around. Add a few terrorist attacks and you will see a huge rise of nationalism in Europe and a movement toward ethnic cleansing. How will they then go about doing that in Europe? Read their history.
3. India will only put up with Islamic terrorist attacks coming out of Pakistan for so long before there is upheaval in S. Asia.
My guess would be two more major terrorist attacks and the Indian people will demand military action. Attacks will certainly continue to occur. Therefore, I expect Indians to fight against Islamic radicals on Pakistani soil.
4. Iran will go nuclear within a year or two unless they are stopped.
That thought is so unthinkable to those that have the power to do something about it, I think they will. The only sanity might come from a revolution in Iran but that revolution is no longer likely without a great deal of foreign help or divine intervention.
5. Israel will have another war against the Arabs.
At a minimum there will be war with Hezbollah but a wider war mentioned in Psalm 83 is also now very likely. There are at least 30,000 missiles pointed at Israel. Now Syria is shipping long range Scuds and who knows what else? This is not tolerable and any real peace in this part of the Middle East is now totally out of the question.
6. North Korea is exporting weapons of mass destruction and seems to be trying to provoke upheavel on the earth.
The people of N. Korea are such a brainwashed cult that they would commit mass suicide through war at the very word of their ailing “dear leader”. It seems clear that N. Korea just killed 46 South Korean sailers by sinking their ship with a torpedo. Anything like this can cause a measured response that very likely would initiate a maniac response by the maniacs running North Korea.
7. Mexico is out of control and so is illegal immigration into the United States.
The government of Mexico is not trustworthy. Drug Gangs and corruption really runs Mexico. The US administration is going to push immigration against the will of the people of the United States and further divide the people of this nation. Far Left race baiters are now organizing illegal aliens and pushing them into civil disobedience in the United Sates. It will infuriate Americans to see illegal foreigners marching on their soil demanding social and economic rights as if they were citizens. This is not going to turn out well. Expect a rise of the Right and more state and local laws like passed in Arizona. I think the Far Left intends to make sure that the rise of the Right becomes a self fulfilling prophecy so they then can bring out the Federal troops and take total control. People in this nation do not realize that the Far Left really does want to destroy this nation because they hate everything that America ever stood for.
8. The brain dead sheeple of America were deceived into electing a Manchurian President.
He was mentored and groomed and put into power by a Far Left faction that hates America. I do not think it would be too much of a stretch to say that the same criminal minds that produced anti American groups like the Far Left Weather Underground control certain levels of the federal government. Read the book “Manchurian President” for documented proof.
People at all levels of American society have become collective cowards. Instead of doing what they know is right they are only looking out for number one. That means their aim is to please their controllers and handlers that choose to be politically correct and morally wrong. How many Muslim terrorist attacks need to occur before any levels of the government and media even acknowledge that almost all terrorist are Muslims and that all Muslim countries have terrorists training to kill infidels. Who of these cowards in American “leadership” will even dare to use the words “Muslim terrorist”?
The bottom line is that the world is going into a period of great upheavals. We are back in the 30’s again in many ways, the world is going into economic hard times, tyrants are being appeased, people have their head in the sand about evil, the axis of evil expands. Read world history from the 30’s and 40’s and you will get a glimpse of the world’s future for the next two decades. However, after this coming world turning point I doubt if any hero generation will emerge. If anything will emerge it will be the Beast Antichrist!
This is a very accurate assessment of world affairs. Most people, even professing Christians, are sadly, too distracted with their personal lives to see the things coming upon the earth. I am of the persuasion that these bleak realities, which are inevitable according to Scriptures, should be a catalyst to drive true disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ into fervent obedience–no matter the cost.
I am thankful that the Holy Spirit leads us into truth. Thank you for this insight.
BTW, have you ever critiqued the pre-wrath rapture position?
Thanks Jonathan, and I agree with your insights.
I don’t want to get off topic here but I certainly agree with the pre-wrath position because Christians will not endure God’s wrath. The real question is when does God’s wrath actually start. I say it starts with the wrath of the Lamb and that we are out of here sometime before that. Very few prophecy students actually support what has become known as the pre-wrath position and I do not support it as well. I do not think I wrote any specific article on it.
I agree with your post. If you’re not a true Christian then I believe it is difficult to have any *real* hope in these times. We should still pray for our Government and our leaders whether we elected them or not. Right?
Pray that they will get saved and gain biblical understanding
Yes, the big question(s)… What happens before the rapture? / “… when goes God’s wrath actually start?” The prophecy’s are unfolding (sealed up until the time(s) of the end);
“wrath of the lamb”… That would be the tribulation proper, correct?
Nothing has to happen before the Rapture. The wrath starts after the two witnesses are killed by the creature that come out of the pit. He goes into the Temple and claims to be God and demands to be worshiped. Those on earth that did not believe the truth will believe this lie and they will inherit the wrath of the Lamb and the wrath of God in the great tribulation.
Don, think there’s going to be an upheaval? C’mon! The market is up 416 points right now. We are witnessing a genuine recovery! You’re such a pessimist! 🙂
Keep up the good work!! Loved the article.
Like the new look of the blog Don. : )
Doug, I am sure you will agree that it only went up because the EU agreed to a trillion dollar bail out of the poor EU nations. I do not think that creating more debt in Europe is really going to solve the living beyond one’s means problem. They are already saying even the trillion is probably not enough. This is a short term gimmick to thwart the speculators that would have caused a panic. Since IMF is also involved in the Greek bail out I wonder how the austerity measures that they will force on the Greeks will fly in the streets of Greece? I think we will find out that this is just another band-aid on a spreading debt cancer.
David thanks, I have been looking for a new theme for quite some time. The old one was really hard on the old eyes. I found other themes I liked but for some reason one or more of the features I wanted on this blog would did not work. Even this theme took some tweaking.
I also installed a cache plug-in and a compression plug-in so the blog should now load much faster. This theme had a desert picture banner that I did not like much so I replaced it with the banner that was the background for my original website
First of all, thank you Don for being so brave. So many Christians lack the bravery you have to tell the truth about our times. Personally, I understand all of the big words and concepts on this blog. My concern for this country starts with the grass roots understanding that rebellion, disrespect and rudeness are all
escalating. Examples of rebellion are: leaving branches and leaf bags on the curb before garbage day when our municipality has written code forbidding this. What other rebellion do these people participate in? Many people drive their cars on the
large east/west road with huge disrepect for other drivers. This means they show disrepect in many other ways. Other shoppers are very rude in the grocery stores and discount marts. So this means that they show all sorts of rude behavior throughout the week. Without a spiritual turn around, how far will these people spiral down?
I believe that the far left “people” are stirring up the races.
This is bad at the grass roots level.