{"id":5854,"date":"2012-01-07T09:21:48","date_gmt":"2012-01-07T15:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thepropheticyears.com\/wordpress\/?p=5854"},"modified":"2013-09-20T21:19:11","modified_gmt":"2013-09-21T02:19:11","slug":"koenigs-perspectives-on-bible-prophecy-and-world-issues-jan-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepropheticyears.com\/wordpress\/koenigs-perspectives-on-bible-prophecy-and-world-issues-jan-2012.html","title":{"rendered":"Koenig\u2019s perspectives on Bible prophecy and world issues Jan 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our government had better start dealing with the threats against this country or we are going to wake up to an EMP one day soon. Iran is frantically building missile bases in Venezuela with the thought of having intermediate range nuclear tipped missiles that could easily reach the United States. Anyone who thinks we can allow Iran to gets nukes because they are no threat to America is out of touch with reality.<\/p>\n<p>We do not even know that Iran does not have nukes already and even if they don&#8217;t, they could have nukes anytime they want. The time to deal with Iran was years ago and the time to deal with that tin horn dictator in Venezuela is now. Not only has the government of Chavez allowed Iran to build missile bases they are running drugs and destabilizing many nations in the Americas. What was the point of dealing with the other tin horn anti-American Communist dictators in Latin America if we are now going to allow their second coming?<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t care what liberals and libertarians say about our foreign military actions, they are being naive. This world is not some place where these evil dictators are just going to be nice because America ignores them or tries to appease them. They need to be whacked and whacked hard or we are going to find ourselves literally in the dark or in the middle of a third world war.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the trouble that we had and still have in the world since World War II is a result of our appeasing tyrants. Appeasement does not stop narcissistic human predators wanting more power. If you really think appeasement and good will works against evil people go into the inner city and try your appeasement on the leaders of drug and turf gangs that control your inner city and let me know how your good will works out for you.<\/p>\n<p>The time to deal with these threats is now.\u00a0 Our leaders need to stop playing silly sanctions games or we will be living without electricity and literally eating each other. (Read &#8220;One Second after&#8221; and you will get the full picture of what an EMP attack could bring.) I am seriously considering going off grid because I do not think we are going to deal with the EMP threat that exists from at least five enemies of this nations and the sun.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Obama just announced big cuts in our military. Are we to believe that with rising Islamic militarism, Russia planning a new USSR and modernizing their forces, with the threat of North Korea, with China wanting control of South East Asia and the oceans around that area, that the world is going to get more peaceful??\u00a0 Not to mention the rise of Islam in Africa and communism in South America. It took a lot to get the military we now have, that is the best military in the world. To simply gut our military with these rising major external threats while greatly expanding homeland security agencies to deal with minor threats is wacky.<\/p>\n<p>Its nice of our political leaders to announce to those that hate us, that all they have to do is wait until we get in some inevitable war and then they will be free to do whatever they please because we just told them that we will not be able to fight two wars at the same time in the future. Heck, that might even delay Iran from publicly making nukes until we get involved elsewhere or China might wait to take Taiwan until we are involved in Iran. There was a reason for our military to be able to fight two separate wars and it was to prevent such scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I wonder why our generals put up with the Obama threat to America?\u00a0 Don&#8217;t they already know that Obama is a threat to our national security? Don&#8217;t they know that they swore an oath to protect this country from all enemies foreign and<strong> domestic<\/strong> <strong>and to uphold the Constitution<\/strong>? They are not doing it.<\/p>\n<p>Is it any wonder why the Far Left wants a smaller military when most of the military are center right or far right and a real threat to a Leftist dictatorship? I am not worried about our military being used against us. I am worried that they will become so overtaxed in foreign lands that they will not be able to prevent a police state dictatorship right here at home.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about dictators. Obama continues to dismantle the checks and balances of our government and not uphold our Constitution. Obama just appointed people to office that by constitutional law are first required to get Senate confirmation. Those he appointed did not get confirmation but he thinks he can get away with it. This is a test, he knows if Congress allows him to get away with these appointments that he can get away with just about anything else in the future. He just keeps turning the screws toward dictatorship and nobody in our government has the guts to do anything about it.<\/p>\n<p>The Republicans know the Far Left controls most of the media and they are scared to death that the media will crucify them if they take any action against a lawless black President. So they sit on their hands hoping that he will be replaced in 2012. However, he holds all the cards to steer public opinion by creating crises, by giving away money and adding it to the debt, and by engaging in a new timely war just before the election. So it is highly unlikely that he will be defeated in 2012. This President is the greatest threat that America has had since the Civil War but few care or understand. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>It seems the only hope for a reasonable candidate from the Republicans is now Rick Santorum unless the nomination is not wrapped up by anyone before the Republican convention. Nevertheless, it is obvious that the Republican establishment has determined that it will be Romney. They are willing to lose the Presidential election to Obama to gain control of the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>They think that a Tea Party Far Right candidate can&#8217;t win and he will also lose them Congress. They may be correct, but Obama has already showed us that he is above the law so why would Congress expect him to follow the Constitution in his second term? And even if they get the Senate and Obama continues to break the law, it is not likely that they will ever have enough votes to remove Obama from office. Even if they did, they would just get Marxist Hillary Clinton as the replacement. So if Obama wins, Congress might as well stay home there will be defacto dictatorship.<\/p>\n<p>Then what do the Republicans do for an encore when Hillary runs in 2016 and the Democratic Party is five or ten percent larger? Assuming\u00a0 that the UNITED STATES of America even survives to 2016.<\/p>\n<p>It is a long shot to believe that the UNITED STATES will even remain united until 2016. If they would give odds on that in Vegas I probably could collect a lot of worthless greenbacks when that comes to pass.<\/p>\n<p>No. I do not think Obama will run for a third term if he even survives that long. I think he expects to become Secretary General of the UN. If the trend continues, by 2016 the US will just become another country under the control of global governance, if the United States exists at all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>I am sure you are thrilled that the Government says unemployment is now down to 8.5 percent. The government is lying. The way they get the lower unemployment figures is to keep shrinking the available labor force. In other words, government is saying, since millions of people gave up looking for a job (because these people know there are no jobs to be found), that these people should not be counted as unemployed.<\/p>\n<p>If you really want to know what is going on in the economy in this country keep an eye on the size of the labor force and the number of people on food stamps. The size of the labor force is not growing even though the population of America is growing by millions each year and the number of people on food stamps has not stopped rising since 2008.<\/p>\n<p>And all this &#8220;prosperity&#8221; you see is a result of the government spending almost double what they took in during the three years that Obama has been in office and also the Fed creating trillions of dollars out of thin air. Just think what will happen to the economy and your pocketbook when America is forced to balance the budget because nobody will lend to us anymore and the criminal activity of just creating more greenbacks will make your wages and savings buy far less rice and beans.<\/p>\n<p>Many top economics are still predicting a new downturn in the first part of this year and there are rumors about the Fed printing more money. Not that they ever stopped. They are just doing it through the European back door. The government smoke and mirrors act is certain to go on at least until the election unless the wizard is somehow first exposed. After that, all hell will break loose in 2013 for too many reasons to even mention here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Christendumb, continues down a new age Universalism trend through the rising emotional gospel. There is a now a wave of extra-biblical presumptions about the afterlife that is being embraced by many in Christendumb as the gospel truth. &#8220;The Shack&#8221; and other such books redefined God through emotional theology. &#8220;Heaven Can Wait and other such books told us all about what to expect in Heaven through emotional theology. Now we have &#8220;Have Heart&#8221; and other such books where people are coming back from the dead to comfort their loved ones and to tell them about their heavenly or spiritual mission.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that the emotional gospel cannot be supported by the true gospel, yet it is taken as gospel truth because it appeals to people&#8217;s emotions. It seems the true gospel is not enough for Christians anymore, they want extra biblical information that appeals to their flesh. People in the New Age claim the same spiritual experiences. In fact, the emotional gospel movement is helping bridge the gap between those in &#8220;New Age&#8221; paganism and Christendumb .<\/p>\n<p>Women really eat this stuff up. Now that &#8220;The Shack&#8221; and &#8220;Heaven Can Wait&#8221; has been read by over half the women in our churches this will be the next book on the must read list for Christian women. What happens is that one woman reads it and it brings tears to their eyes and touches their heart so they think it must have come from God and then they tell their friends to read it. Critical thinking and Bible doctrine then goes right out the window in favor of the new emotional gospel.<\/p>\n<p>I guess we can now claim anything about the afterlife and it will be accepted in Christendumb if we just put an emotional spin on it. Nevertheless, it seems to me that God forbid Israel to communicate with the dead. Yet, some now think it is okay for Christians to communicate with the dead because they want to believe that everyone they know went to heaven and is having a good time?<\/p>\n<p>We even have Greg Laurie, Chuck Missler and James Robison endorsed &#8220;Have Heart&#8221;. I am not heartless and I feel for people who lost a loved one, but we all do at some point, and if they are Christians why are they so concerned about the fate of their Christian loved one that died anyway? Why would God suddenly start giving mass extra-biblical information to comfort believers he already told, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord (2 Co 5:8).<\/p>\n<p>It is also presumption to assume everyone you love went to Heaven and is now spiritually participating in your life. Put your faith in your Lord not warm wisps of wind that you wish to feel or some spirit whisperer that tickles your ears. Satan is not ignorant and demons do exist to deceive people that want to communicate with the dead. If you start creating your own reality in your own mind you will be in the occult before you know it.<\/p>\n<p>It seems to me that in Christendumb people do not read the Bible or think that what God told us is sufficient. They want to read about mystical experiences that will tickle their ears. The emotional gospel always tends toward Universalism which say wonders. This new emotional theology is not coming from God. So, if God is not behind it what deception do you think is behind it and where do you think this deception will lead?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"opacity: 0.25;\"><span class=\"smarterwiki-popup-bubble-body\"><span class=\"smarterwiki-popup-bubble-links-container\"><span class=\"smarterwiki-popup-bubble-links\"><span class=\"smarterwiki-popup-bubble-links-row\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our government had better start dealing with the threats against this country or we are going to wake up to an EMP one day soon. Iran is frantically building missile bases in Venezuela with the thought of having intermediate range nuclear tipped missiles that could easily reach the United States. 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