Hi Everybody,
 
Just like everybody else,  I was disappointed when nothing happened in 2012.  Dang.  I was so sure 2012 would be the year of the rapture because of all of the signs that were pointing at it (and not just the Mayans).  Now I feel more and more discouraged, and my determination to never stop looking is fading.  I feel weary and want to sleep, just like the virgins in the parable who were waiting for the groom and fell asleep when the groom did not show up when they were expecting Him (Matthew 25).
 
OK.  So it wasn't 2012.  Lets take a look at what is going on in the world.  If last year's weather was wild, just look at what is happening at this very minute.  Australia is about to be overrun with wildfires while people are freezing to death in China and Europe.  And while all of this is going on, Israel is getting enough rain and snow to fill all of their reservoirs after several years of drought.  It seems like God is preparing Israel for a long and dry period of tribulation that is just about to start.  This just can't be a coincidence.
 
I do not subscribe to the idea of government conspiracies, primarily because I think the people in government are too stupid to pull something like that off.  They also have too big of mouths to keep it secret. However, the timing of the recent shootings are certainly a coincidence, if you believe in such things.  It gives the government a lot of ammunition (pardon the horribly bad pun) for grabbing guns prior to declaring martial law and doing all the things the conspiracy people claim will happen.  There are also a lot of links in the past shootings that are just too coincidental to be believed.
 
Just when I think the economy of the United States cannot get any worse without collapsing, it gets worse.  The same is true for the world economy.  This cannot be a coincidence.  Especially with the timing of everything else that is happening.
 
There sure are a lot of dormant volcanoes coming back to life lately.  Coincidence??  There are certainly a lot of earthquakes happening.  Coincidence again??  Lately I have been reading a lot of articles about strange things happening in the heavens.  A comet is coming that will be brighter than the moon?  The sun is having all kinds of fits?  We are in the middle of a bunch of alignments of the sun, moon, and stars that occur every 5,000 years (or so) and every 26,000 years.  If these are all coincidences I am investing my last dollar in lottery tickets.
 
It just goes on and on.  The entire world seems to be involved in conflict and yet there is no central leadership figure.  Its like mankind is begging for a leader.  Nature abhors a vacuum.  The welcome mat for the anti-Christ has been rolled out.
 
And speaking of the anti-Christ, when will he be revealed to the world?  Obama is being inaugurated on January 21st, which is the eleventh day of the eleventh month on the Hebrew calendar.  Maybe this is the 11-11 connection that so many are seeing.  Maybe not.
 
The Middle East situation is far, far beyond being "volatile."  Just one finger on one trigger could set the entire Middle East on fire, and with all of the millions of fingers on millions of triggers I cannot help but wonder how we were able to make it this far.
 
Jesus told us in His own words in Matthew 25 that many would fall asleep when the groom does not appear when expected.  Prophecy is being fulfilled precisely as written.  Now is not the time to falter.  Now, more than ever  we must remain awake and watchful.
 
It really is going to happen, and it is going to happen very soon.
 
Carl Worline
oaktree3168@aol.com