HOW DID WE GET IN THIS MESS?

Opinion by: Linda Kirby/WGON

I don’t know about you, but lately I’m seeing more mass shootings than ever in history. Seems almost every day there is a mass shooting that’s not gang related. Then, there are the incidences of people freaking out about a stranger on their property and shoots first before finding out if it is just someone lost, or something that’s not nefarious. Several teenage cheerleaders who got into a wrong car after practice got out of the car and the owner, when the girls was trying to apologize, just started shooting them. He was Mexican and they were white girls still in their cheer-leading uniforms. No one yelling racist on him for shooting white girls for nothing. There is the case of a 20 yr. old woman who turned into the wrong driveway and as she was backing out the home owner came out guns a blazing and killed her. Then you have the teens rioting and killing one another everywhere for what reason? I’m not sure they even know why. What is going on here!! Is this demonic activity? Is this due to the jab messing with their brains? Is this instigated by those with an agenda? We just don’t know. But, I do know that scripture says in Matthew 24:12: And because iniquity (lawlessness ) shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. Aren’t we seeing this happening today?

Add to all that, how this world is calling good evil and evil good. We were reminded of Judah's wickedness where they even led the people to proclaim sinful things as good. "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" (Isaiah 5:20) “A world in rebellion against God will have a skewed perspective and embrace a topsy-turvy morality. There are many people today who still call evil “good” and good “evil,” as they promote behaviors that the Bible specifically calls sinful. The celebration of homosexuality and the defense of abortion on demand are usually accompanied by a mockery of those who value life and promote traditional marriage.” Evil is being called “good,” and good is slandered as “evil.” Now, the world is agreeing with allowing children to see porn, and if you are against it, you are scorned with everything they have. Now, a United Nations-backed report published last month suggests global leaders normalize pedophilia by allowing children to legally decide on engaging in sexual activities with adults. Children can’t drink alcohol as a minor, they can’t get a tattoo as a minor, they can’t carry a gun as a minor and they can’t drive a car as a minor but for some reason they can choose to have sex with an adult as a minor or even change their gender and have their body parts cut off, as a minor? Hungary passed a law that prohibits young people's access to information about LGBTQ as part of a broader "Anti-Pedophilia Act." The law bans the "display or promotion" of homosexuality or gender reassignment in educational material or TV shows for people under 18. The EU and other European countries are suing Hungary for taking care of their children. What is going on? What is happening to the people’s common sense, what has happened to right vs wrong, what has happened to what is best for a child should take precedence over ideology?

What is happening to this world?! I’ll tell you what is happening. The world threw God out and when you do that, evil comes in. Satan wants to take everyone to hell with him. God says you don’t want me, fine, here is my replacement. The world gladly accepts that replacement, just as they will gladly accept the antiChrist and the mark of the beast. God is moving this world closer and closer to the day of the tribulation.

Knowing this should encourage us because we know the rapture will happen soon. However, it is very hard to live in a world so evil. It is hard to see the death that is occurring. It is hard to know children are being killed and abused and mutilated. The world says it’s the right thing to do. The only things that gets me through these times are knowing the rapture must be sooner rather than later and communing with the Lord for that peace beyond all understanding.

Maranatha!!