What's really going to happen?

[Barb]

Originally Posted by Amanah

When the Book of Acts Church was scattered abroad it thrived. Have faith in the body of Christ. We are just warming up. MAYBE being tied to a building and focused on having good "church" is the problem

Yes!!!

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by diakonos

Would an EMP work?

I've heard some experts say that large scale EMP "grid down" effects are not reality. Never looked into it too deeply one way or the other to be honest.

[votivesoul]

This is the way a free-market capitalist democracy ends
This is the way a free-market capitalist democracy ends
This is the way a free-market capitalist democracy ends
Not with a revolution but with a "pandemic".

[james34]

Originally Posted by Barb

Yes!!!

I see it going this way,not because buildings are bad, but because programs and mainstream religion have filled these places. There is a type of ruling over God's heritage that has no place in the body of Christ. This is what happens when there are untouchables(in-crowd, which I have been a part of) and often the children of the pastor.
This form of erring in judgment (Eli, Hophni and Phinneas come to mind)God will separate from the body. It is a struggle to hold to the truth, never the less it is the passion of the believer's heart and even if the mark is beyond where we are, we still point to it and press for it in full assurance that we will reach it. But to deny that the mark exists or that its location can be discerned and experienced is to cast a stumbling block before Gods children. This stumbling block is an ideological position that removes the existence of "the straight and narrow", leaving the pilgrim on a broad road which can never reach the Heaven that it promises.

[KeptByTheWord]

Originally Posted by Esaias

I've heard some experts say that large scale EMP "grid down" effects are not reality. Never looked into it too deeply one way or the other to be honest.

It's an interesting concept to consider. But just like we are seeing with the current pandemic... things that we consider usually aren't the way it goes down. Who would've thought a virus that kills considerably less than the flu could shut an entire world's economy down in a week?

[KeptByTheWord]

Originally Posted by votivesoul

This is the way a free-market capitalist democracy ends
This is the way a free-market capitalist democracy ends
This is the way a free-market capitalist democracy ends
Not with a revolution but with a "pandemic".

I hope this is not the "rest of the story", but it very well could be.

[KeptByTheWord]

Originally Posted by james34

I see it going this way,not because buildings are bad, but because programs and mainstream religion have filled these places. There is a type of ruling over God's heritage that has no place in the body of Christ. This is what happens when there are untouchables(in-crowd, which I have been a part of) and often the children of the pastor.
This form of erring in judgment (Eli, Hophni and Phinneas come to mind)God will separate from the body. It is a struggle to hold to the truth, never the less it is the passion of the believer's heart and even if the mark is beyond where we are, we still point to it and press for it in full assurance that we will reach it. But to deny that the mark exists or that its location can be discerned and experienced is to cast a stumbling block before Gods children. This stumbling block is an ideological position that removes the existence of "the straight and narrow", leaving the pilgrim on a broad road which can never reach the Heaven that it promises.

God always has a way of shaking the branches, and removing things that need to be removed. This is a shaking in our day and time for sure. A good time for all of us to reconnect closer than ever before to the Vine.

[diakonos]

Operation Desert Storm. People “converted” because it was the end of the world.

Y2K. Backsliders “returned” on Dec 31st 1999 just in time to sell a Honda.

911. It’s the end of the world again...

People show up to escape judgment. Then when judgment doesn’t fall they fizzle out.

In 2-3 weeks this all will be yesterday’s news. On to the next scare.

[TGBTG]

Originally Posted by diakonos

Operation Desert Storm. People “converted” because it was the end of the world.

Y2K. Backsliders “returned” on Dec 31st 1999 just in time to sell a Honda.

911. It’s the end of the world again...

People show up to escape judgment. Then when judgment doesn’t fall they fizzle out.

In 2-3 weeks this all will be yesterday’s news. On to the next scare.

Pretty much. It’s been that way throughout human history.