Dearest John and all the Doves,
   This is sort of in response to Mary Haas in her response to Carl Worline about this incredible sense of disconnectedness and dejection. If in fact we have arrived at the very last of "the last days", and, the "love of many has grown cold", then the sensation within our hearts would naturally be that.
   Utterly broken and full of the reproaches of the world. This was the Psalmist' complaint in Psalm 40 where he speaks of

Psa 40:12  For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

We are the "Body of Christ Jesus" and just as He underwent great sufferings in His final moments on earth(Gethsemane and the cross, itself), we too will undergo great heart breaks and afflictions as we see the hour grow near. But rejoice my brothers and sisters, this is far more PROOFS of the near return of our redeemer. LOOK UP!
                                                                                            your brother, Chris