Perspective

   By L. Jim Tuck

   March 9, 2023

How Much Do You Want the Kingdom?

Greetings from Phoenix,

            By now many people have woken up to the fact there is a great number of people upon the earth who want a one-world government, and they are committed to bringing it about. While we don’t agree with them, they have dedicated themselves to this goal because they think it will make things better for everyone. Little do most realize what the end result will be, but nonetheless, they are “all in” to make it happen.

            Klaus Schwab, the Founder of the World Economic Forum, leads the organization of the well-known Davos Summit of the world’s elitists.  He made famous the quote for the rest of the society they are attempting to build, “In 2030, you’ll own nothing and be happy about it.”

            The world they seek will still be evil and decadent like now, but it will be more controlled by the elites who engineered it. The misery index will be much higher for most than it is now. The index was 21.98% during the presidency of Jimmy Carter.  It was 5.21% in September, 2019, and since then it has climbed to 9.81, and we can expect it will edge up higher.

            One of the key components of a truly progressive nation is happiness. Even though we have lived in one of the richest countries on earth, are people generally happy?  If so, why is there so much discord in the country? Why so much fighting and bickering? We are now more divided as a people than we have ever been

            There was a time when there was a whole lot more people in poverty and making a living seemed so much harder, even so, people whistled while they worked. After my father died, I looked at some of his possessions and found his Bible. It brought tears to my eyes when I turned to the opening pages where he wrote, “We never had very much, but we loved one another.”

            In one of Solomon’s sage Proverbs he wrote, “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when a wicked man rules, the people groan.” (Proverbs 29:2)

            The word “groan” means to moan in the sense of being in grief or pain. It means to sigh, as if you see the problem but you are at a loss and don’t have the energy or power to solve it. We are told in II Peter 2:8 that Lot’s soul was tormented every day with the unlawful deeds of those he saw in Sodom. And yet, it seems the people of Sodom, and presumably it was the same in Gomorrah, were “all in” and they loved the decadent lifestyle they practiced.

            It is hard to imagine that only Lot and his wife and two daughters escaped the destruction God brought upon Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot’s wife upon leaving the city of Sodom, even though the angels had warned, “Don’t look back,” she turned around to look at the fire and brimstone God rained down, and she became a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:17, 26).  Jesus spoke of this in relation to end time events: “Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; 29 but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed. 31 “In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise, the one who is in the field, let him not turn back. 32 Remember Lot’s wife. 33 Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.”

            The modern daughter of Babylon, the world men are devising, is a nightmare in the making. Revelation speaks of a world full of commerce which comes crashing down.

            Revelation 18:9-10 talks about how this Goliath world economy will come to an end: “The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning, 10 standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.”

            They will market every commodity including the slavery of men and women. Their trade will include body parts as well (Revelation 18:13). This is the kind of dystopia which will come about, but will fall.  People will be “all in,” and they will have taken the mark of the Beast as proof of their allegiance. When the Beast arises, unless our names are written in the book of life, we will take the mark (Revelation 13:8).

            How much do we love this world?  How much do we truly want the coming kingdom of God? I imagine most have had enough of the corrupt ways of this world, and we want God’s way to come soon.

            The Apostle John admonishes us, “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. 17 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.” (I John 2:15-17)

            Have an enriching Sabbath and a delightful weekend.