Tomorrow is the date in which the Mayan calender ends. Some have said this marks the end of the world. I don't believe that's true, but I do believe we are reaching the end of a era. I absolutely believe we will soon embark upon a major shift in the times, and I believe this is not all good.
Mankind does not need God to end the world. Humans are well on the way to doing it themselves. Since the industrial revolution, humans have engaged in an all out effort to deplete the earth of every resource. Any of the earths treasures are fair game in the race for the desire to be rich and richer. As part of this all out effort to race each other to the end, we have passed a point of no return in the way we have depleted the earths resources and poisoned our environment. No matter what we do next, there is a price to be paid for our greed and obsessions. We see the beginning already with the steady increase in the worlds temperature causing the melting of the worlds polar caps already responsible for an ever increasing change in the frequency and severity of violent weather around the world.
We have turned a corner in the way this race for wealth and power has caused humankind to redraw the earths geography, creating nations where ancient enemies compete for the dwindling resources they have been forced to share leading to wars, massacres, genocide. We have created a world where those with power believe it is their right to take from those who cannot stop them, and worse we have perfected the art of rationalizing our behavior, claiming to be the victim when we are clearly the aggressor.
In this nation which we call America we see a despicable example of just how evil we have collectively become. Even as we lay to rest those innocent victims of an armed madman, people throughout this nation rush to buy up every gun that they fear may soon be banned, and as much ammunition as they can afford, while complaining about any effort to help to feed and clothe and support those among us who have fallen on hard times and who struggle to survive right here among us.Selfishness and greed, and a desire to be able to kill as many people as possible as fast as possible while we tell ourselves it is our right regardless of whether or not it makes common sense. Claiming to embrace the love of Jesus, while living out the exact evil nature Jesus paid so dearly to try to convince us would only lead to our own destruction.
So I say today the question is not will the world end tomorrow, it is why shouldn't it? And how much longer until its gone? Unless there is a major change, the end is just as inevitable as the fact that many of these guns being bought today will wind up being used to kill the very people or the loved ones of the people rushing to buy them up. Because evil brings evil, and the fear that drives people to want to arm themselves against each other rather than help each other, especially now in the season when we are supposedly celebrating the birth of the Prince of Peace is surely an indication that we as a people cannot have too much farther to fall.
Mankind does not need God to end the world. Humans are well on the way to doing it themselves. Since the industrial revolution, humans have engaged in an all out effort to deplete the earth of every resource. Any of the earths treasures are fair game in the race for the desire to be rich and richer. As part of this all out effort to race each other to the end, we have passed a point of no return in the way we have depleted the earths resources and poisoned our environment. No matter what we do next, there is a price to be paid for our greed and obsessions. We see the beginning already with the steady increase in the worlds temperature causing the melting of the worlds polar caps already responsible for an ever increasing change in the frequency and severity of violent weather around the world.
We have turned a corner in the way this race for wealth and power has caused humankind to redraw the earths geography, creating nations where ancient enemies compete for the dwindling resources they have been forced to share leading to wars, massacres, genocide. We have created a world where those with power believe it is their right to take from those who cannot stop them, and worse we have perfected the art of rationalizing our behavior, claiming to be the victim when we are clearly the aggressor.
In this nation which we call America we see a despicable example of just how evil we have collectively become. Even as we lay to rest those innocent victims of an armed madman, people throughout this nation rush to buy up every gun that they fear may soon be banned, and as much ammunition as they can afford, while complaining about any effort to help to feed and clothe and support those among us who have fallen on hard times and who struggle to survive right here among us.Selfishness and greed, and a desire to be able to kill as many people as possible as fast as possible while we tell ourselves it is our right regardless of whether or not it makes common sense. Claiming to embrace the love of Jesus, while living out the exact evil nature Jesus paid so dearly to try to convince us would only lead to our own destruction.
So I say today the question is not will the world end tomorrow, it is why shouldn't it? And how much longer until its gone? Unless there is a major change, the end is just as inevitable as the fact that many of these guns being bought today will wind up being used to kill the very people or the loved ones of the people rushing to buy them up. Because evil brings evil, and the fear that drives people to want to arm themselves against each other rather than help each other, especially now in the season when we are supposedly celebrating the birth of the Prince of Peace is surely an indication that we as a people cannot have too much farther to fall.