Prophetic Eyes

     Business as usual. Politics as usual. Religion as usual. War as usual. Seems like just the same ol' struggle humanity has been going through for thousands of years. And why shouldn't they?
      Looking at the world and current events through prophetic eyes is quite difficult. Mainly due to the fact that most of your peers do not. Whether you're religious or not, the things going on today have been predicted (and sometimes with great detail) hundreds and thousands of years ago. There have been many false prophets through out history, especially in the last several hundred years. People have been shouting "the end has come!" for a long time now. And this has caused our modern society to be complacent, if not defiant against TRUE and CORRECT prophecy.
     Now one might ask "What is true and correct prophecy? We've seen people claim this before." A great deal of prophecy needs to be interpreted with common sense and logic. Joe Schmoe making a cult and claiming aliens are coming to save humanity in the year 2040 or obviously NOT correct. When it comes down to it people long ago and today are idiots when it comes to interpreting prophecy in the Bible, or any holy writing for that matter. So what makes the prophecy in the Bible correct? I could give any number of verses to support this but I'll save that for a later post. Defending the Bible's accuracy is not the main point of this post. In fact I've digressed quite a bit.
     As I was saying, looking at the world and whats happening through prophetic eyes, and not wordly eyes, can get you into many heated discussions. It can get you insulted, badgered, mocked, etc etc. As for myself, I see the prophecy in everything that is happening including the weather changing, the current world financial crisis, political leaders and politics in general, the wars and the downfall of our American society (and the rest of the world for that matter). There is a decaying of family values, of morality and ethics, and most importantly...common sense. Decisions made within our governments are anything but the usual. Events are slowly molding the world into what is going to, and what must, happen.
     I have been called "hopeless". I have been insulted. I have been mocked. I have been accused of not knowing the facts. What they don't realize is that I see what is behind those facts. I see what is driving those facts. And I know many many other people in the world do as well. And I am sure they are being persecuted for it.
     I am not saying I am in a higher plane, or that I'm smarter and/or better than anybody else. God tells us to know prophecy. He COMMANDS it. That we know the signs of the end times and that we see all these events coming together for one singular purpose. I am simply doing what my Lord is telling me to do. And a great deal of you Christians need to wake up and obey this command. This is the most important time of our history. Prophecy should be in the forefront of our daily thinking. It must be understood, it must be taken seriously and it must be revered.
     So I suggest that people start taking time every day to understand what is going on in the world. Shows like Jack Van Impe and the Hal Lindsey Report are extremely valuable to any student of prophecy. But the realization of our end time is not just for ourselves. It is for the people we care about. It is to spread the saving Word of God. And above all it is about glorifying Him.