Some one wrote me about the possible collapse of the world's fiat currencies suggesting that:

 

Will we all be living like the Amish by 2013?

 

My response:

 

This is very presumptuous.  I suspect that if your doom and gloom scenario takes hold large parts of the earths current human population will be gone.

 

Have you tried examining the prophecies contained in the Bible as opposed to these worldly prophets (many of whom are prophets for profit = the error of Balaam)? A Biblical world view helps to understand what is going on far better than the current pundants.  Following the news is extremely important but being able to process the information on more than simply a superficial surface level is even more important.

 

There is likely to be a very big war involving Israel. See Psalm 83, Obadiah.  Also worth noting is Isaiah 17, the Burden of Damascus which has never been fulfilled as Damascus is certainly one of the worlds oldest continueously inhabited cities.

 

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