The endurance of the saints

 The endurance of the saints - Bill Wilson – www.dailyjot.com No matter what news site you look at, or what paper you read, or what news program you watch or listen to, you are constantly bombarded with bad news about the economy. It’snothing new. In January of 2009, The World Economic Forum became confrontational as union leaders said they had no confidence in the way corporate management was handling the financial crisis, and they predicted civil unrest to spread throughout the world.A decade later COVID leaked out of China and the subsequent lockdowns beckoned economic meltdowns. Governments around the world suppressed truth and censored science and singled out those who were unvaccinated. Many are now angry and fearful about their futures. It is the perfect storm for the one world order. The world economy, if there is such a thing, is teetering on the fulcrum of a defining moment. On one side is economic freedom,or capitalism, characterized by free markets. On the other side is socialism, a step toward communism, managed economies characterized by government ownership, intervention and bureaucracy. It is the time in history where the world powers believe they caninstitute a worldwide managed economy that can lead to the socialist utopia dreamed of by such revolutionaries as Georg Hegel, Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin. It is the ultimate opportunity to use mass fear to deprive mankind of liberty with man’s active consent. We very well may be witnessing the end time structure discussed in the prophetic books of the Bible where an international economic system is being formed. While it has beenattempted in past history, technology, the ability to travel the world in a day, and communicate instantly has never before linked together governments, businesses and people as in this present day. And worldwide, one would be hard pressed to find a time inhistory since the Roman Empire when Christians and Jews alike have been so vilified as they are in this day and age. Structures of power may soon be put in place that will require compliance with government regulations and policies in order to work, have housingand food. It is time to be prepared, not fearful, for the events ahead of us. The Apostle Paul wrote in 2 Timothy 1:7, “For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, andof love, and of a sound mind.” And he writes in Romans 13:9, 10, “. . .and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself.” Verses 13 and 14 advise: “Let us walk honestly, as inthe day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put you on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.” We need to stick together and be about the Lord’swork in the days ahead. It is the endurance of the saints.