Re: My Two Cents On the "End Times"
Nobody who has their heart AND mind set right will need any "plan". The Lord has "overcome" EVERYTHING.
Anyone who is concerned about being "powerless" or chooses to get excited about "every man for himself" or finds it appealing to play the game of 'end time destruction' and finds excitement in sensational/flesh spectacular ligthnings, thunders, travail, 'signs' and 'wonders' after the Lord removes His beloved, simply has chosen their own god.
In other words, the people who really do have love in a truly contrite heart, and are truly just/righteous and love absolute truth, will be removed before hardships become INTENSE. You seem to have forgotten what Job endured, Godspeak, and he still remained true to The Lord. Try and fathom this>>the book of Job was not about faith, it was about LOVE.
Any hardships (no matter how intense) I endure will be a PRIVELEDGE to experience so that I can glorify The Lord with my love even more.
As long as you like to play these "games" of sensationalism that satisfy your fleshly desires and you have the desire to be a "Master of Preparation", then you have reason to be concerned about this "end times" that you choose to be a 'hero' of (this is "the last days" that Jesus said "I will pour out my spirit" for anyone willing to receive it). It is of no surprise to me, Godspeak, that you are "dull of hearing". Your name says it all, you fancy yourself to be a spirtual "Godspeak" hero.
The reason I mentioned the solar flares last week was to explain that it is more important than ever to take the true message of God seriously, not only because time is short for us, but because the younger generations need a more clear message. It is not just that the younger generations have been playing "scholar/intellectual games" for decades, or today play games with multiple versions of scripture (gender free bible, hate free bible, arabic/aramaic bible, poitically correct and multicultural bible, etc.), but some megachurches are even starting to have their own ARCADE room.
The first fallout of the economic crisis is that churches will become even more 'religous themed community centers' and need even more money.
There's already "BELIEFOMATIC"...
http://www.beliefnet.com/
So, you go ahead and do your planning (since The Lord's grace is not sufficient for you).