To understand how close America is to the brink you might realize that in just one heartbeat we could be in the midst of the worst American nightmare. The freedom of people in this nation could hinge on the life of President Obama. America is now so polarized that the assassination of a liberal black president could permanently divide this nation.

Let’s face it, there are many that want to see Obama dead and the threat is not just from nut cases on the far Right. There are people who want to bring down the United States and think that a class war and race war will bring that about. The threat of such an attempt from terrorists and enemy foreign agents has to be taken very seriously. I think Obama is also in danger from certain control freaks on the Far left if they see the tide shifting against Obama and the Left controlled government. The end always justifies the means to some who want world socialism.

It does not even matter if the government actually found out who was behind the assassination because many would not believe the truth if they heard it, just like some believe our own government was behind 9/11. You can’t even imagine the conspiracy theories that would surface if Obama was assassinated.

The Secret Service has  the worst American nightmare of a job trying to protect the life of such a polarizing President. If I were in charge of the Secret Service I would try to keep Obama away from the public at all costs. More is at stake here than Obama’s own life. The future and freedom of everyone in this nation is at risk.

The consequences of Obama being assassinated would bring the worst American nightmare.

There would be riots in every major city in America.
Martial law would be declared.
The already crippled economy would go into a full fledged depression.
Foreign nations would dump American dollars.
Race relations in America would be a nightmare.
Joe Biden would become a nightmare.
Guns would be ordered confiscated and other constitutional rights taken away.
A huge resistance movement to bring back constitutional rights would forever split the “United States”.

One of the worst nightmares that could happen to America is the assassination of President Obama. I totally agree with Chuck Missler on this issue. Pray for President Obama’s safety. This possibility probably should be included in my Imminent Danger Series of events that could bring America down but I do think the Secret Service is working overtime trying to make sure this American nightmare never happens.

God Protect President Obama

Unfortunately, there are those on the Left who truly believe that conservatives want Barack Obama dead. There are those who consider Obama-protestors to be a vast conspiracy of insane gun-toting bigots. There are those who believe that this Facebook poll-creator who suggested Obama should be killed is just one representing millions of homicidal right-wing nut jobs. The truth is that all conservatives in their right minds want Barack Obama to live and to live well throughout his entire presidency. The alternative is terrible to imagine.

Conservatives, and especially conservative Christians, should be praying fervently for Barack Obama. Whether or not he is leading well right now, whether or not Americans agree with his policies, whether or not his decisions themselves are good for America, President Obama desperately needs prayer for protection and guidance. His safety is in America’s best interest, and his harm would tear America up from the inside out.

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This is an astute article by Jack Kelly on Pentecost and rapture of the Church. Like Kelly, I also believe that the parables of Matthew 13 describe the Church on earth and would also say each parable is linked to what Jesus also said to the seven different Church types in Revelation.

*Chuck Missler gives us a small taste of this design and correlation in his teaching on Revelation:

The Seven Kingdom parables:

The Sower ……………   Ephesus: The apostolic Church

The Tares …………….   Smyrna: The persecuted Church

Mustard Seed…………..Pergamos: Marriage to the World

Women/Leaven ……….Thyatira: The Papacy in the Medieval World

The Field………………. Sardis: Denominational/Dead Orthodoxy

The Pearl ………………Philadelphia: The rebirth of the Missionary

The Dragnet …………..Laodicea: The apostate Church

* The Book of Revelation , supplemental notes page 60, Koinonia House Inc., 1995

I believe that it is very possible that the Church will be taken alive to Heaven on Pentecost on the very same feast day when the Bride of Christ was born. The Church like Enoch was born on Pentecost and tradition tells us Enoch was taken on Pentecost. Enoch was taken because he walked with God before the judgment of the flood. The bride of Christ will also not reap the coming judgment of God because she is the Bride of Christ. Only after Jesus takes his rightful role as King of Israel and takes a Gentile bride can Israel’s promised restoration come.

I know many want to believe the Rapture is on the Feast of Trumpets but remember the Feast of Trumpets will be another fulfillment through Jesus for Israel. The Feast of Trumpets starts the last week for Israel foretold by Daniel and it ends it seven years later with the second coming of Christ. Some like to think the Rapture will occur on the same date that God deals with Israel again. However, scripture really gives no indication that the Rapture has to occur precisely seven years before the second coming of Christ. The Rapture could occur months or even a few years before the final seven years for the Jews.

One thing is certain in my mind. The 70th week and the lifting of the blindness of Israel cannot even take place until the fullness of the Gentiles comes in (Ro 11:25). In this passage Paul was speaking of the grafting in of a Gentile Bride into the Commonwealth of Israel. This Bride born from above is born of the Spirit she is not born of any flesh, be it Jew or Gentile. However, anyone not Jewish by natural birth (she is spiritual) is typed as a Gentile by definition. Therefore, the Bride is not Jewish even though there are people who were natural Jews within the Bride. This Bride gives no sin offering of her own as required by the law. Her sins are covered by the blood of God’s Jewish sacrificial Lamb. That is the reason why Pentecost is celebrated with leavened bread (leaven represents sin), the Church is full of sinners covered by the blood of Christ.

Anyway, this article by Jack Kelly is well worth the read and it is timely, being right before the Feast of Pentecost.

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Pentecost and the Rapture of the Church

A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

Pentecost comes in the early summer (May-June). This year it’s May 31. It’s the only Holy Day between the 3 Spring Feasts (Passover, Unleavened Bread, and First Fruits) and the 3 in the fall (Rosh Hashanna, Yom Kippur, and Tabernacles). Its Hebrew name is Shavuot. Pentecost is a Greek word and translates “50 days” since it comes 50 days after the Feast of First Fruits, the day we should know as Resurrection Morning . The Feast of First Fruits is celebrated on the day following the first Sabbath after Passover and Pentecost on the day after the Sabbath seven weeks later, (Lev. 23:15-16) giving rise to its nickname “Feast of Weeks.” Since the Jewish Sabbath is Saturday, both these Holy days are Sundays.
What’s a Pentecost?

Jews celebrate Pentecost (I’ll just use its Greek name to avoid any more confusion than necessary) as the day Moses received the Law on Mt. Sinai in the wilderness and the nation Israel was born. (Exodus 19-20) Christians celebrate it as the day the Holy Spirit fell on the Disciples in Jerusalem and the Church was born (Acts 2). If you agree with my view that the parables of Matthew 13 describe the church on Earth and that the parable of the yeast predicts there will be sin in the church, you’ll be interested in the fact that unlike all the other Jewish Feasts that call for unleavened bread, Pentecost requires bread baked with yeast (Lev. 23:17). Pentecost also began the annual wheat harvest, perhaps pointing to another of Matthew’s Kingdom parables, the Wheat and the Tares.

By tradition Enoch, one of the patriarchs from Genesis 5, was born on the day later to be known as Pentecost. Enoch’s name means “teaching”, a primary function of the Church. For this reason many scholars see him as a “type” of the church as well. Genesis 5:21-23 indicates that Enoch was very close to God and was actually taken live (raptured) into Heaven before the Great Flood. Pre-Trib scholars see this event as hinting of a yet future disappearance of the Church before the Great Tribulation. These same traditions also hold that Enoch disappeared from Earth on his birthday. So here’s a model in Genesis 5 of a man identified with the church being born and raptured on the day that would become Pentecost, the day the church was born.

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Chuck Missler did a two part series on the history of Christmas.

I wish you all a Merry Xmas (joking). I wish you all a Merry Christmas and pray that you will have a fruitful New Year in Christ.

The History Of Christmas – Part I

The celebration of Christmas has caused some controversy in recent years, for a variety of reasons. Many have been concerned that Christ is too often left out of Christmas; replaced by trimmings and presents and fudge. Others have battled over whether we should allow manger scenes on public property or allow the school choir to sing Christmas carols that actually contain a message about Jesus Christ. On the other hand, a growing number of Christians have been arguing that we should not celebrate Christmas at all because there is no command to do so in the Bible and because the celebration has pagan roots.

What stand should we take? How should we approach Christmas in the light of history and in the light of the Bible? This week we’ll look at the history of the winter solstice and other pagan celebrations, and continue next week with the Jewish and Christian roots of this beloved holiday.

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The History of Christmas – Part II

After the 9/11 attack on the trade towers Bush said the terrorists would have no sanctuaries to hide. I believe Bush meant what he said at the time but real world conditions cowed him from actually carrying out that promise. Seven years later Osama Bin Laden the mastermind of the attacks is still hiding in Pakistan.

Pakistan’s government and army is completely infiltrated by radical Islamic terrorists and our government knows it. Osama Bin Laden, al Qaeda and the Taliban have sanctuary in Pakistan and Pakistan will not deal with the terrorist problem and they also will not allow NATO forces to go in and deal with the terrorist problem. Once in a while they make a pretend effort to go after these rebels to appease us but they have no such intent.

Now with Iraq winding down the U.S. will move more and more troops to Afghanistan but never deal with the real problem and that is the sanctuary allowed by Pakistan. So we are getting into a situation that is very much like Vietnam. In Vietnam the cowed politicians would not let our military take the war to the head of the snake and we are now doing the same thing here. Soon more and more body bags will be coming home and the people in the NATO nations will soon forget why we are there in the first place and they will start pulling out their troops.

We have already allowed conditions for a WMD staging ground in these territories of Pakistan but as the radicals gain more power we may also be allowing a Pakistan terrorist state to emerge that will export nuclear terrorism all over the world. There would be a high likelihood of a Pakistan India nuclear war in the near future.

Pakistan has a difficult political situation but the people of Pakistan created it and they should be told in no uncertain terms that allowing a sanctuary for terrorism against NATO forces in Afghanistan and against India will not be tolerated. They should be given this ultimatum – Deal with your internal security issues and root out the terrorists in your government and end the terrorist sanctuaries in Pakistan or we will see that as a sign that the people of Pakistan are already being held hostage by the radicals and need outside help from NATO.

They might remind us that they have nuclear weapons and we might remind them that they might lose that capability in one minute of time if they do not comply.

The Army in Pakistan is going to go along with NATO in the end once the face saving bluster has run its course. The leaders of Pakistan are not suicidal. There is also no reason that we should be suicidal either by allow the Vietnamization of Afghanistan and allowing Pakistan to be a staging ground sanctuary for WMD terrorist attacks on NATO countries and India.

It is time to cut off the head of the snake with a joint Pakistan NATO invasion of the rebel held territories. If Pakistan will not help they need to be told to stand down and we will do the job for them and we are not taking no for an answer.

The following article by Chuck Missler will give some additional information on the Pakistani problem.

Christian Worldview Network – Brannon Howse – Pakistan in Peril

Musharraf must now answer accusations that he knew about black market sales of Pakistan’s nuclear technology. On the 4th of July, the father of Pakistan’s nuclear program, scientist and black-marketeer A.Q. Khan, dropped a bomb on Musharraf and his Western allies. Until now, Khan has always said that he is solely responsible for selling nuclear technology to Iran, Libya, and North Korea. However Khan now claims that Musharraf and Pakistan’s politically powerful army had “complete knowledge” of the shipment of centrifuges to North Korea.

the outcome of Pakistan’s internal conflict could have global repercussions. Pakistan is the only Islamic nation with a declared nuclear weapons program. Pakistan began its secret nuclear weapons program in 1972, and now has between 65 and 90 nukes.

I guess anyone who actually thinks that Iran is not trying to develop nukes still believes in the tooth fairy. It now appears that Iran is about 6 months away from crossing a red line that they will not be allowed to cross. So unless Iran suddenly wakes up and stops their nuclear program expect a strike on Iran before the end of the year. This article by Chuck Missler will give additional background information and it has links where you can be kept up to date.

New Evidence of Iran Nuclear Threat – CWN

The IAEA has been denied access to various sensitive locations related to the manufacturing of centrifuges, as well as sites for research and development on uranium enrichment. The IAEA has also confronted Iran with documents it found detailing some of Iran’s research activities. The documents have raised red flags concerning the possible military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear program. The IAEA report states:

“One aspect of the alleged studies refers to the conversion of uranium dioxide to UF4, also known as green salt. A second aspect concerns the development and testing of high voltage detonator firing equipment and exploding bridgewire (EBW) detonators including, inter alia, the simultaneous firing of multiple EBW detonators; an underground testing arrangement; and the testing of at least one full scale hemispherical, converging, explosively driven shock system that could be applicable to an implosion-type nuclear device. A third aspect of the studies concerns development work alleged to have been performed to redesign the inner cone of the Shahab-3 missile re-entry vehicle to accommodate a nuclear warhead.”

On mission trips my wife has met Canadian ministers and some of their congreation. It seem they are always female and always into a perverted denial of biblical truths and a social gospel. Makes me wonder if there are any men in the church in Canada? They love to claim that they are carrying out the commission of loving their neighbor but how can you do that if you are only going to give your neighbor some fleshly support while you allow their souls to perish? They have no biblical discernment because they do not believe the truths in scripture.

There is no love in lies, There is no love in teaching spiritual falsehoods. There is love in telling people biblical truth but people like Gretta Vosper are not dispensing it. All they really are is humanistic socialists dressed up in Christian garb.

The one true Church has always had unity through the Spirit.

Unity v. Truth in the Apostate Church – CWN

The minister at Toronto’s West Hill United Church, Rev. Gretta Vosper, does not teach her congregation to recite the Apostle’s Creed. She does not believe that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit or born of a virgin. She does not believe that Jesus rose again from the dead or ascended into heaven… or most of the basic tenets of Biblical Christianity. In fact, when her congregation sings famous hymns, the references to Christ and God are removed. Yet, Ms. Vosper calls herself a “Christian” and runs a church in one of Canada’s largest Protestant denominations.

Ms. Vosper believes that all that stuff about resurrection and miracles and the forgiveness of sins is something the Christian Church has to get past in order to make it in the 21st Century world. To her, the essence of Christianity is about loving your neighbor.

Rev. Gretta Vosper is wrong about the future of Christianity. Biblical Christianity that is full of the Spirit of God will never become outdated. It might be scorned by the intellectuals who consider themselves wise, and it might be rejected by those who seek the praise of man over the praise of God. But, the Spirit of God is always at work in the hearts of men, giving life to human spirits by the same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead.

Jesus never promised us unity in this world. He did, however, say that he was the way, the truth, and the life. If we keep our eyes on him, we’ll be walking in unity with all others who are doing the same.

Chuck Missler explains why Israel is God’s land, that the covenant to occupy it is to the Jews, and what this has to do with what we see going on in the Middle East today.

The Betrayal of the Chosen – CWN

For those of us who take the Bible seriously, it is a critical time to be up to date on our homework. There are many dangers in not taking the Word of God seriously.

The Land does not belong to the Palestinians. It doesn’t belong to the U.N., the U.S., or even Israel! It specifically is the Lord’s. Yes, “the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof.”1 And yet, it is strange to note that there is a very specific parcel of real estate which has been set aside as His, and His alone.2 God delights in making and keeping promises. He takes them very seriously.

Ezekiel 36:21-25

This is a startling passage! They are to be regathered, not because they “deserve” to be, but because God’s own reputation is at stake-His Name is on the deal! (Again, it’s always by grace-just as our own blessings are!)

On May 14, 1948, the debate should have been silenced: the State of Israel was reborn in the very Land which God had declared for that purpose. Also, note the “then” in v. 25: they are to be regathered before becoming cleansed by faith and repentance. (It appears that the acknowledgment and repentance of the believing remnant is a precondition of the Second Coming.9)

World food supplies are getting tight. The black horse seems to be on the horizon, Who knows exactly how close the white and red horse are that start this horse race to the end are?

Behold a Black Horse: The Global Food Crisis – CWN

This situation has not received enough media attention, prompting some to label it the “silent famine.” Malnutrition and hunger are growing problems, and charitable organizations are having trouble keeping up with the growing demand. The black horseman of the Book of Revelation speaks of a condition wherein a man’s daily wages are so poor, he can barely support himself, much less his family (Revelation 6:5-6). Could it be that we are getting close?

If anyone thinks the next President will escape major problems to deal with in the world, or if you just wonder what we have to look forward to. Read Chuck Missler’s strategic trends for America and the world in this article.

clipped from www.christianworldviewnetwork.com As we enter the new year and survey the turbulent horizon ahead, global enigmas continue to challenge any competent analysis. Anyone who assumes that the years ahead will be smooth sailing is underinformed. Nevertheless, whoever ultimately enters the coveted Oval Office is likely to be overwhelmed by the emerging realities that will confront the new president. Other than acquitting ourselves responsibly at the voting booths, you and I cannot impact significantly any of the strategic trends that are destined to buffet us in the coming months and years. It is clear that most of the presumptions that we have adopted from previous decades are going to drastically change and prove obsolete and ineffectual. What we can do, however, is prepare ourselves, as much as possible, as stewards for our families.

Note:  The following article was written about a Bible prophecy conference that I attended and I wrote about in 2008. I notice that the article is still being hit on quite often so I added this note to make something clear before you read it. My critique of this conference does not imply that any future conferences at Finger Lakes are anything less then outstanding. I also do not suggest that you will not get outstanding presentations from these same highly esteemed key speakers at future conferences.

I was at a small Bible prophecy conference for the last few days. The conference speakers were Chuck Missler, Dave Hunt, Bill Gallatin and Amir Tsarfati.

I guess the theme of the conference was upping the bar because we are getting very close to the rapture.

Amir Tsarfati is from Israel and is a very engaging speaker. If you every get a chance to listen to him do so. He gave us the latest in Israel which really was not news to me since I keep up on these things. He feels the present government of Israel will fall around the end of this month. He sees all the pieces of the puzzle almost in place for the Ezekiel 38 scenario. He also thinks there will be an attack on Iran within months and that Damascus will be destroyed shortly.

Bill Gallation’s message was mainly one of exhortation to the church to do the work of God while we still have time. He also made it clear that he thought America would soon be judged.

Dave Hunt talked mostly about the “New Atheists” that are very evil and are now on a crusade against all religion. Dave is recovering from hip surgery and is getting quite elderly. He was kind of scattered at the conference. It could be medication he is on or it just might be that old age is catching up with him. He said he has to do three debates against top scholars within a week. I simply do not see Dave being very effective in these debates if he performed like he did at the conference. I think Dave needs our prayers that God will strengthen this great defender of the faith.

I am a great Chuck Missler fan but Chuck Missler was a let down for me this time. He just did the same 10 year old material of his at the conference. It was about the same stuff you would get from his “Through the Bible in 24 Hours” series. He seemed to be there more to sell his material than to give us any new insights on Bible prophecy.

Missler started his own Internet Bible institute where if you buy his material and do a small amount of interaction and pass a multiple guess test you can get credit for completing the course. He presently has three levels of achievement: bronze, silver and gold. He claims that up to half his credits can be transferred to a certain Internet correspondence University and be used toward a bachelor, masters or PHD program. My problem with that is that degrees from universities like this are probably useless in the real world anyway. So what it comes down to for me is that you end up paying twice as much for Chuck Mislers MP3’s so you can hang a ridiculous huge medellion around your neck. Chuck and others were wearing their medellion around their necks for the entire conference.

At the time of this conference there had been a couple of hundred people who have completed the Bronze course. Chuck was asked but did not indicate that there were any who have made it to Gold yet, although he did say that dozens were given honorary Gold.

I guess there are several motivations for this institute. Chuck feels the church is ignorant on the Bible and what is going on in the world and needs educating. I would agree with him on that point but usually those going to Bible prophecy conferences are not the ones that need to be targeted.

Chuck also feels the Church will soon need to go underground and the best way to do this is to use Internet technology. I have some concerns with that and I brought up a couple of my concerns to Chuck. If fundamental Christian teaching become illegal it will not be a problem for the government to filter out any Christian material or even track down anyone. For example, they could use the word “Chuck Missler” and automatically dump any article with that name being indexed, hosted or going through an ISP. They could also do it with the words “second coming” or “rapture” or any other word or phrase they want. They are already doing that in China and some other countries.

Some might say you could encrypt the information but then the government could require all encryption software companies to give them the encryption keys. I brought that up to Chuck but Chuck just said that they did not even need encryption keys. If that were the case (and in real time operations it is not) then Chuck just proved my case.

Chuck teaches that there will be a satellite within five years that will provide Internet access for everyone on earth. That probably is not true. One satellite is not going to cover the whole earth. It might be that in five years there will be the beginnings of a satellite system that will eventually cover the whole earth but the whole system would be many years down the line. The media companies are not investing hundreds of billions of dollars in fiber cable and WiMax technology because it will be all obsolete in five years.

Even if there were a satellite system, it would change nothing about filtering capabilities. If all communications were coming from the satellites, someone could still filter the information just by having the data downloaded to government censors before uploading it again to the satellite and sending it back to the earth.

Another argument Chuck used was that we would be “under-the-radar” so to speak. Nobody is under-the-radar of a filter.

So I am finding this underground Internet Church idea to be incredibly naive. Government right now in the name of nation security is being told to monitor all Internet traffic. Any underground church that wants to be under-the-radar better separate itself from any electronic media.

Anyway, for what my opinion is worth, I find this whole under-the-radar Internet institute of Missler’s to be not well thought out. I also do not feel that he should be using a quarter of his time at a Bible conference  to promote his institute during his speaking slots. After all, I paid a entrance fee to hear about Bible prophecy not about what he is selling. They give him plenty of space and time to sell his stuff in the lobby.

Missler brought up one interesting point at the conference that I will have to think more about. He makes a distinction between the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven. He claims that the passages about those Christians practicing the sins mentioned where it is said that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of heaven, is not talking about whether they will be saved or not. Missler claims that the inheritance is ruling and reigning with Jesus Christ in the Millennium. Thus, Missler indicates that some in Christ will not rule or even be in the Millennium reign or Kingdom of Heaven but they still will be saved in the Kingdom of God. I have not thought through the concept yet, so I do not take a position on it. But, if it were true, it could explain why people who are obviously believers are told that if they are practicing these sins, they will not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven which in this view comes to earth for a thousand years.

Chuck Missler’s strategic trends should be of interest to all Bible prophecy students who want to understand the times we live in.

STRATEGIC TRENDS: Amazing Year in Review

There’s No Place Like Home (church) – CWN: “There is no place like home, at least for some Christians. In recent years the number of home churches and small group fellowships in the United States has risen exponentially. Since the year 2000, it is estimated that more than 20 million Americans have begun exploring alternative forms of worship, including home churches. A survey conducted by the Barna group concluded that about 9% of adults in the United States today attend a house church – a decade ago that number was less than 1%.”

Home cells connected with a church that are led by leaders held accountable to elders of a church are generally much safer then independent home churches in American. If you go to a home church it can be very good or very bad depending on the teachings and practices of the leader. I certainly do not endorse home churches for those baby Christians who have never been taught the fundamentals of the faith and for those who will not check out what is said by their leaders, from the scriptures, using a healthy doze of Missouri logic (show me).

WorldNetDaily: Farah to speak at prophecy conference: “Joining Farah at the conference, slated for Sept. 9-11, will be intelligence expert and Bible teacher Chuck Missler, Arnold Fruchtenbaum, a messianic Jew who spent time in Soviet prison, and Thomas Ice, director of the Pre-Trib Research Center in Arlington, Texas, and Dave Hunt, author and editor of the Beran Call newsletter.”

What an outstanding line-up of speakers. I wish I could attend. I hope you will attend if at all possible.

The Real State of Our Union: What The Politicians Know But Don’t Talk About – CWN: “Events over the past few years have caused many informed observers to be concerned over the increased precariousness of our strategic horizon. In addition to natural disasters-such as Hurricane Katrina-and the continuing terrorist threats promising a major sequel to “9/11,” and the probability of rogue nuclear attacks of various kinds, anyone who is relying on smooth waters over the next 12-18 months is simply among the ranks of the under-informed. To prepare for potentially volatile uncertainties, some years ago we published a series of suggestions, which we called “The Vortex Strategy,” and in view of our current horizon, it seems appropriate to review some of those ideas. The next major terrorist event could prove to be an even more impacting sequel than “9/11”-whether it is an Al Qaeda plot of some kind, or an EMP attack which threatens to plunge the U.S. back into the 19th century. But without indulging in speculations regarding the challenges that Homeland Security presently faces, many experts are also anticipating a possible upheaval to emerge from the current debt debacle of the United States. What would be the consequences to you and your family if America’s economic foundation was ripped out from under you? We individually can’t change the probabilities of such an event, but what is your action plan to protect yourself and your family?”

I think it is wise to respect what Chuck Missler says in this article because he is not just blowing smoke. We are in big trouble.