I have retitled this post thinking perhaps the "DOOM" series has run its course. LOL
One of the specific features of the sign of Christ's presence has to do with the emergence of false prophets and false Christs. While there have been various lunatics that have claimed to be Christ, none of these have been able to persuade more than a relative handful of people. Yet, Jesus sternly forewarned his chosen ones that "false prophets and false Christs will arise and give great signs and wonders so as to mislead, if possible, even the chosen ones. Look I have forewarned you. Therefore, if people say to you, 'look! He is in the wilderness,' do not g out; 'Look! He is in the inner chambers,' do not believe it."
The reason such great signs and wonders have not been displayed yet is because the tribulation has not commenced. Jesus had already discussed the cutting short of the tribulation period when he stated, "Then if anyone says to you, 'Look! Here is the Christ…"' So the "then" is during the period when men become faint out of fear, when all sorts of terrifying things are occurring. As for one possible scenario of how false prophets and false Christs may gain credibility so as to have the power to trick even Jesus' anointed brothers, we need to consider the situation that is presently developing.
As you know, from my several posts linking to credible economics analysts, the world's financial system is doomed. It really is not even a matter of debate. It is a matter of accountant's fact that the whole system is way beyond the point of bankruptcy and is held aloft now only by the continued massive injection of billions and billions of dollars per month of fresh liquidity. There is some question as to how long that game can be played, but the telltale signs of hyperinflation are beginning to emerge, so that the pullers of the economic levers, like the Wizard of Oz behind the curtain, are surely between the proverbial rock and a hard place. So, the captains of this system of things know that their system is doomed. And of course the god of this world has knowledge to that effect as well. That makes war inevitable, for the masters of this world will never let their power be stripped by the collapse of their money pyramid.
There are numerous hotspots around the world, but none as sensitive or as strategically important as the Middle East. Most observers realize that eventually war will erupt in that region, as it has many times before. Only this time the players have nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. Israel even has the dreaded neutron bomb. Now, the reason this is significant is because the Evangelical religious movement has long taught that Jesus will physically return to the land that he departed and that Armageddon will literally be fought in that region of the earth. Many of these fundies are also saying that Christ is due to arrive at any moment. So, what happens in the eventuality of a conflagration in the Middle East? No doubt, if the players go nuclear, not only will large segments of the world become obliterated, but also the already precariously tottering financial system would vaporize in an afternoon. The price of a barrel of oil would go into the stratosphere, much like a boiling radioactive mushroom cloud. The governments would crumble. Mankind would truly be terrorized to the point of fulfilling Christ's prophecy of becoming "faint with fear in expectation of the things coming upon the inhabited earth."
And, more interestingly, besides the Watchtower likely being blown out of the water by the financial crash, seeing that there is no way that a multi-million dollar operation could continue on when money goes kaput, a great confusion among the Witnesses would set in. And the fundamentalists will have performed great signs and wonders because it will seem as if Christ is returning to Jerusalem somehow. So the stage is definitely set for some strange and earth-shaking things to take place.
I linked to Hal Lindsey's web site. Check out his little cyber eye candy deal as the page loads up. It shows a cruise missile blowing up into a mushroom cloud, then a picture of Jesus gives way to Hal!
CLICK HERE >>>> http://www.hallindseyoracle.com/
LaRouche's assesment of possibilities of Israel going nuclear in the near future. Click here >>> http://www.larouchepub.com/lar/2001/010420_nuclear_war_now.html