Wednesday, May 5, 2010

The World Is Descending Into Chaos!

It is the nature of man to seek improvement of his world. In this effort he often comes up with "solutions" that create more problems than they solve. He is not aware that they will do such, or he would not choose them. But, man cannot improve upon God's plan.

Take, for example, those guiding our economic plight. We are told that a large part of our problem came about as people ran up large, unsecured, debt. In addition, people borrowed money they could not afford in order to purchase a home. Home ownership is the proverbial "passport" to wealth.

Now, our government is seeking to "solve" the economic crises, created this way, by borrowing and spending our way into stability and prosperity. If all goes as planned, we will run a $1.6 trillion deficit in 2010. By 2020, they hope to borrow $18 Tril, with a National Debt of $8.5 trillion. THEN we'll be solvent?

Then there's the environment. Human beings are selfish, greedy and wasteful. We are destroying the delicate balance of nature and something must be done to stop it.

In the 1970's an effort was made to cowl us into submission with the warning that the world was descending into a global ice age. When that did not appear, we were told that it was global warming and man was responsible through his destructive practice of burning carbon-based fuels.

Now, the earth's average temperatures are moderating and the ice is building up in the antarctic. But we're still going to proceed with carbon credits and the monitoring of energy usage in every home. One can't be too careful with an eco-system.

Then came the eruption of a volcano in Iceland! How much carbon was spewed into the atmosphere, no one will ever know. What we do know is it closed down most of Northern Europe for weeks! It cost airlines hundreds of millions of dollars and has put pressure on both business and governments.

Then there was an explosion on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico! That, right after the president opened the door to off-shore drilling! How ironic.

The safe-guards were not in place. The well-head did not close as it is designed to do, and efforts to cap it or diminish it have failed. BP estimates 2 to 3 months, to drill new wells in order to reduce the pressure and stem the flow of oil. Livelihoods along the Gulf Coast are in jeopardy, as well as the eco-system in the area and even up the Atlantic Coast.

This week a man tried to set off a car bomb in Times Square. He bought a ticket to Dubai and boarded a plane at JFK. The door to the plane was shut and the pilots were preparing to taxi out when the call came to wait. Law Enforcement personnel boarded the plane and escorted Faisal Shahzad off! It seems someone didn't check the most recent "Do Not Fly" list.

Human governments just can't catch a break! There's just too much going on. But increased monitoring of financial transactions as well as energy usage will go a long way toward bringing this world under control. We need more and greater computerization, as well as camera and other forms of surveillance. Every move, of every person, must be monitored and controlled. Your privacy is not as important as your security!

But, then, that's what The Bible predicted, 2000 years ago! "For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape." [1Thess 5:3] Not to mention the infamous Mark of the Beast, 666. A system for tracking and approving all financial transactions, numerically.