12/04/2008 03:14:00 PM
Jeffrey K Radt ("JRed")
One of the keys to finding prophetic meaning in the news headlines is to look at all the serious geopolitical events that occur on a daily basis, and then attempt to decipher a connection - a common denominator - between all of them. At least that's how I do it.
So, glancing into my crystal ball that includes the Holy Bible and the international headlines from the past week to and including today, I'm beginning to wonder if something significant is afoot.
First, we've been dealing with the global economic crisis that continues to get worse with each new bailout errr - I mean, solution - that's proposed. Now, U.S. lawmakers were told General Motors Corp., the country’s largest automaker, may fail this month if they don’t give the cash infusion the company seeks.
Next, we had the heinous terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India that have been called India's 9/11. Despite all the inflammatory rhetoric between India and Pakistan since, I still believe that we haven't seen the full effect of this crime against humanity as the reverberations will no doubt be felt throughout Southeast Asia and the rest of the world.
As if that weren't enough, we can now add two more major stories to the mix today.
Israel's IDF is drawing up options for a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities that do not include coordination with the United States. They are more than willing to "go it alone" if they have to since they've obviously done so in the past regarding a similar situation involving Iraq. This sudden escalation of policy coupled with the public pronouncement is huge especially in light of Olmert's unusual visit to Washington D.C. to meet with President Bush last week.
Plus, for the first time in the history of Canada, the Prime Minister of Canada is running away from the Parliament of Canada. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper won approval to suspend the country’s legislature for more than seven weeks in a bid to stave off a challenge from opposition parties seeking to bring down his government. He will speak to Canada in a televised address this evening.
Ironically, the political atmosphere in Canada has some chilling similarities with what's going on here in America. See if you can spot them. In a televised address yesterday, Harper condemned the opposition plan to gain power through a no-confidence vote as undemocratic and vowed to use "every legal means" to stop the attempt to unseat his minority Conservative government.
A Canadian government has never been thrown out by a no-confidence vote to be replaced without an election.
Harper will now work on a budget that includes a stimulus package amid criticism from the opposition liberal leader, Stephane Dion, that the government has no plan to respond to the shocks from the global economic slowdown.
Three opposition parties have banded together in an attempt to unseat the government. The coalition, which has promised to fast-track billions in dollars in spending as the country heads into recession, has the backing of Canada's beleaguered car and forestry sectors.
Canadians are split on whom to support. According to an Angus Reid poll for Canadian TV, 64% do not support Dion becoming prime minister in a coalition government, but 53% oppose the Conservatives' current economic policy. Some 57% are concerned about the separatist Bloc Quebecois's role in the coalition.
Analysts say Canada's political paralysis is unprecedented. A Canadian governor general has never refused a request by the prime minister to temporarily suspend parliament, but such a move had never before been requested to delay a no-confidence vote when it was clear the government lacked the confidence of a majority of MPs.
"There is no precedent whatsoever in Canada and probably in the Commonwealth," said Ned Franks, a constitutional scholar and political scientist. "We are in uncharted territory."
Of course, this is also on the eve of another crisis (a constitutional crisis of our own) that's brewing in the United States that could spill over into the public pending the U.S. Supreme Court's decision tomorrow.
The common thread here is that each one of these stories represents a different kind of crisis; a viable threat to people's way of life with implications that suggest everything could change drastically at a moment's notice. It also kind of puts Joe Biden's "mark my words..." speech before the Election of a coming "international crisis" doesn't it?
Why is all of this significant? Are they in any way related? I mean, what the heck is going on here? Why is the world drowning in a sea of chaos? Doesn't it feel like the whole world could just explode in the blink of an eye as one "crisis" after another threatens our very way of life as we've always known it?
Students of prophecy know the answers to those questions. Time is short - very short. Things seem to be changing on a daily basis instead of taking months or even years to develop. That's not a fluke.
"And all these are the beginning of sorrows" Matthew 24:8. Literally, of great torments, just like women in childbirth.
The labor pains are certainly intensifying and the contractions are getting closer and closer to one another for sure! That can only mean one thing.
"And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draws near." Luke 21:28
Keep looking up!
Of course, this is also on the eve of another crisis (a constitutional crisis of our own) that's brewing in the United States that could spill over into the public pending the U.S. Supreme Court's decision tomorrow.
The common thread here is that each one of these stories represents a different kind of crisis; a viable threat to people's way of life with implications that suggest everything could change drastically at a moment's notice. It also kind of puts Joe Biden's "mark my words..." speech before the Election of a coming "international crisis" doesn't it?
Why is all of this significant? Are they in any way related? I mean, what the heck is going on here? Why is the world drowning in a sea of chaos? Doesn't it feel like the whole world could just explode in the blink of an eye as one "crisis" after another threatens our very way of life as we've always known it?
Students of prophecy know the answers to those questions. Time is short - very short. Things seem to be changing on a daily basis instead of taking months or even years to develop. That's not a fluke.
"And all these are the beginning of sorrows" Matthew 24:8. Literally, of great torments, just like women in childbirth.
The labor pains are certainly intensifying and the contractions are getting closer and closer to one another for sure! That can only mean one thing.
"And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draws near." Luke 21:28
Keep looking up!
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