And the good news is?
I read an article on the internet yesterday that shook me up a bit, as articles like it are supposed to do. If even remotely true, it confirms what I have felt for a long time--that this world is moving inevitably towards a major turning point in human history, and that it is going to be a bumpy ride. A total rearragement of position, power, and priorities for every conscious being on this planet. A shift as dramatic as the agricultural revolution or the life and death of Christ--that kind of impact. The question, as we've been told over and over again, is "not if, but when." Soon, it seems.
It almost doesn't matter what the article said, but here's a link anyway... http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45210
Of course, it comes from World Net Daily. This is a site that has broken some big stories in the past, but try spending five minutes surfing around there. Very creepy combination of far-far-right political ideology and hardcore Christianity...one of my least favorite combinations. The article has to be taken with about a pound and a half of salt...but I can't just completely write it off as nonsense, much less forget about it completely. I don't have it in me to forget such things, and more power to everyone out there who doesn't let such things have any effect on them.
How does a reasonable human being respond to such things? I continue making pizzas. I'll be back in classes in about a month or so. I have a car payment and rent to pay and a cell phone bill. I continue making pizzas. I'm sure everyone has crises of purpose at various times in life, but to a very serious extent it feels cowardly to continue walking the line right now. I truly believe revolution is coming. Something is going to happen. And I'm worried about grad school somewhere down the line? A dwindling checking account? I've felt for as long as I can remember that I would lead the revolution, not get caught in the stampede. I can feel the undertow, and it's getting stronger.
But I will go to work tomorrow. I will continue to hope that I will know when the time is right. Each new generation believes that theirs is the most important time, that the world has built to this moment and The Revolution is Now! It's a very convenient way to feel important, like human beings believing that the Almighty Creator gives a rat's ass with whom they choose to sleep. But if I have to put my faith into something, and I have a lot of faith, I choose to put it into the future. Revolution and revelation is coming. My faith is in our ability to adapt, to communicate, to understand. "Where we're going, we don't need roads." A sea-change is coming, and I just hope I'm deep enough in the water to recognize the shifting tides before its too late.
Goodnight all.
posted by Bob Howard @ 3:42 AM
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"Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not follow them.
When you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away."
Then He said to them: "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
"But before all this, they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of My name.
This will result in your being witnesses to them...
...You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death.
All men will hate you because of Me...
..."When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near.
Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city.
For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written.
How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people...
They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
"There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.
Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.
At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near." -- :o) Luke 21:8-28
I suppose every generation since Jesus spoke these words has believed that the "end is nigh".
9/11 and the London Underground bombings, Tsunamis, landslides and hurricanes in such rapid succession...(those things your home insurance policies call "acts of God"!) Scary!
Like you say. "Not if, but when"...a shift as dramatic as...the life and death of Christ. :o)
This hard-core Christian is ready.
I will continue to book rock concerts, raise my girls, and believe the that the Almighty Creator *cares* more about Whom I live for than whom I sleep with, and Whom I'll die for than whom I live with. (And He does give a rat's bottom about all of the above.)
"God, we gotta get these people a Saviour!"
"What is it?"
"It's a sinless man who'll die for our sin, and that's really important right now!" :o)
1:05 am. Oy.
Miss you, Bob. It was fun reading.
Call. text. E-mail. Still works.
Watch Jerusalem.
Hinei lo yanum v'lo yishan, shomer Yisrael. Shalom! <><
Is human cloning capable of that kind of impact?
Can you clone a human soul? Human cloning has to happen soon-- if it hasn't already--I just wonder what a human "being" will behave like without the Creator's stamp. Zombies, I suppose. Scarier than scary thought. Without a will or emotions, capable of being programmed and brainwashed into doing just about anything, maybe.
Bob? I think you should write your next Blog on cloning. :o)
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