Good Saturday morning! There seems to be an anti-dictator movement going on in the Middle East these days. Even that old guy in Libya is having problems. How does this relate to the expected arrival of the Antichrist, that dictator of dictators we expect at any time? Could be that we are making room for him and eliminating the old guard of dictators as it were, but perhaps it has nothing to do with that dreaded arrival. If I read the prophecies and books about the prophecies correctly, I understand that people who don't believe in Jesus will want this ultimate dictator. So if the sea of nations doesn't want a dictator, but will want the Antichrist, what has to change?
Many systems started out with great hope for something new and better. Communism didn't start with a dictator, but allowed Stalin to become one. Monarchs have been good or bad depending upon the person on the throne. Democracy or a republic can be good or bad depending upon the people who have power. Corporations and governments can accomplish mighty works by bringing a lot of people together as a team. We all have experience with what happens when those same organizations forget about the individuals who serve and start serving only the bottom line of their accounts. No human system is perfect, and it seems that every human system will eventually start hurting those who start, run, and serve it. Perhaps a new form of government will bring the Antichrist out of the sea of humanity. We may be witnessing the first labor pains of that new system in the Middle East.
We tend to think that democracy is the best form of government, but that may not be true. Something new may suddenly catch the world's fancy. Or, something old may raise its head once more. Could the Middle East become an empire with an emperor? Maybe we will see a King of Arabia in the next few years. Only God knows what is in store for this century. What if the rapture of the church happens tonight? What form of government would the world take then? I don't have the answers to these questions; at least I don't think I have the answers. The funny thing is that we probably do have the answers, right there in Revelation, Ezekiel, Daniel, Matthew, and other books of the Bible. We just don't understand all that Jesus revealed to us in those prophecies. If the Antichrist gathers an army and walks in the vanguard carrying a banner with a great red dragon on it, we might pause for a moment with our jaws a bit unhinged.
These are some deep things for a Saturday morning. I think my brain hurts now. The bacon will be cracking soon and I will go to fix breakfast on this Saturday morning. I don't know for sure that I will even make it to breakfast. The rapture may happen within moments, leaving the bacon to burn on my stove. Sometimes we think we know so much, but we truly know so little.
With that thought, have a great day!
Bucky
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