Fools Rush In where Angels fear To Trod!
Political, Military, Plus Economic Power Flyby,
Has accompanied U.S. greed and moral Decline!
We Are On The Trail of collapse and Disintegration!
Our trust in God is not just miss ing
from our Currency,
More importantly, it’s now seen missing from our Hearts!
September 21, 2008
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
Unfortunately, although Americans may not like the assessment by the Jewish writer Eithan Harber in the YNet new release which follows, it is a very accurate, realistic picture of the decline of economic, military, and political power across the Western world since the days of Ronald Regan. Awareness of it all is a realization that the trend will continue as we watch the world slide into an abyss, terminating in the beginning of the last great Middle East War.
The Prophet Haggai speaks of a past time like this, when his people had turned away from serving him, by putting their love for many creature comforts as being more important. But they did not seem to ever have quite enough to satisfy their lust for mammon. They worked hard in sowing much in their physical efforts, but never did find satisfaction in laying up enough to be happy and secure in tomorrow.
It was as if there were holes in their money bags through which their money was slipping out as they carried them from purchase to purchase.
Haggai 1:6 – Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
Matthew 6:19-21 – Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: [20] But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: [21] For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Colossians 3:2 – Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Begin Excerpt from YNet News
West’s decline threatens us
Only fools fail to understand that a weak Western world is disastrous for Israel
Eitan Haber
September 18, 2008
History is taking shape right before our eyes; we can even call it a tragedy.
The Western world, which Israel is a part of, is losing its political, military, and economic power. Even though it is still strong, the direction it is going in is one of collapse and disintegration.
George W. Bush will be leaving the White House in January, and he would do well not to meet with historians in the near future.
They will fry him.
Under the current circumstances, we can say that for the time being at least there is an end to the debate on what shapes history – reality or people.
In this case, there is almost no doubt: The people, and mostly the leader of the Western and Free World, who deserves much praise for his vigorous support
for Israel, will enter the annals of history as a fool.
We can rub our eyes in disbelief: Not too long ago, America was at the zenith of its political, military, and economic power. The US was the queen of the world in the face of a crumbling Soviet empire, whose military officials were selling missiles in exchange for food and cigarettes. The great Europe was being torn apart, and the countries of East Asia were mocking the Russian giant, which repressed them for generations.
Meanwhile, the American economy was taking off. Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and others were taking the place of the Temples. Yet where is everyone today
? And more importantly, where are we?
Jews are doing well these days: The world is in turmoil, the gentiles are fighting each other, and we are living quite well in our small corner of the world. The security situation has improved, the diplomatic situation remains untouched, and we even had a choice between Tzipi, Shaul, Avi, and Meir.
How lovely.
Merciless World
Years ago, in the early 1990s, we had some leaders who said that a “window of opportunity” had opened up for us: The Soviet Union (do you even remember it?) was down, America was up in the clouds, and we were the world’s Popeye. We felt we could do whatever we want.
Yet only a deaf fool would fail to notice the typhoon approaching us, and fail to understand that a weak and beaten Western world is a recipe for disaster for a state like Israel, which relies on America’s shared values and sympathy.
In a weak Western world, a Venezuelan president (that psycho, you say,) can afford to disparage an American president, Putin dispatches his planes to South America, China violates every business world custom – yet some people still believe that we will be the only ones to take advantage of this opportunity and do whatever we want
?
Those who think that way are wrong – oh so wrong. A day shall come, and it is not far off apparently, where we shall become part of the world’s process of self-reflection. And as we know, this world shows no mercy.
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