From a purely physical standpoint,
this is absurd. But what about from a religious standpoint? Does the
Bible say just trust in the Lord and forget about taking care of
yourself or your family because God will provide for you? If it says
that - where is the scripture?
To find out what is going to happen we need to turn to Matthew chapter 24. All direct quotes in RED:
"Tell us," they said, "when will this happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?"
"Tell us," they said, "when will this happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?"
"Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of Me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this Gospel of The Kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all Nations, and then the end will come."
Those who hang in there will then be saved. Salvation is to come at that time. It is not gained in some spiritual manner before that.
The message, the good news (Gospel) of the coming Kingdom of God will be preached throughout the world before the end.
"So
when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes
desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel - let the reader
understand - then let those who are in Judea flee to
the mountains. Let no one on the roof of his house go down to take
anything out of the house. Let no one in the field go back to get his
cloak. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and
nursing mothers! Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or
on the Sabbath. For then there will be great distress, unequaled from
the beginning of the world until now - and never to be equaled again. If
those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the
sake of the elect those days will be shortened. At that time if anyone
says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'There he is!' do not
believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform
great signs and miracles to deceive even the
elect - if that were possible. See, I have told you ahead of time."
Continuing we saw:
1. The end is a time to flee and flee ASAP!
2. Pray that this isn't in the winter or on the Sabbath day - which is obviously still in effect at that time!
3. It will be the worst time ever on earth.
4. All of human kind would die except that God intervenes to stop it for the elect - the true Church.
5.
Many false teachers, even performing (what appears to be) miracles,
will come out trying to deceive people (even the Church if it were
possible). Apparently, it wont be possible.
"Immediately after the distress of those days the
sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars
will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken. At that time the sign of The Son of Man will appear
in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see
The Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great
glory. And He will send His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they
will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens
to the other."
(Matthew 24:1-31)
So nothing in this description says anything about "not" providing for yourself and family ahead of time with food, seeds, guns or precious metals. In fact, it stresses preparedness.
There are parables describing how some saved wisely and others just put money under a pillow. Which one are you?
I could go on and on
with chapters and verses showing how it is wise to prepare for what we
know is about to happen. My challenge here is:
It is all well and good to trust in the Eternal God. But, He expects us to be stewards of our lives physically and to be prepared as well as we can.
For any of you to show any
place where God's word says we need not be prepared ahead of the
great and dreadful time which is coming.
It is all well and good to trust in the Eternal God. But, He expects us to be stewards of our lives physically and to be prepared as well as we can.
As for me
I shall do what is prudent and obtain enough food and water to get by
for a period of time. Guns and ammunition enough to protect myself and
my family. Plus, as anyone who knows me, I will be prepared for the
total collapse of the monetary system, should that happen. And, I
believe it will happen - very soon!
I never set dates.
I never set dates.