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Markell: We Can Only Tolerate Looking Around If We Also Look Up

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By Jan Markell for
Harbinger's Daily

Our times can be trying. One hesitates to even tune into the latest Internet or cable news program and watch the updated saga of suffering.

Sure, we were warned. Those last days were to be “perilous times.” But who knew? Who could have warned us about the blood-soaked details? Then modern technology brings it all home to us in real time.

A weariness has set in as the weight of the world’s sin presses down so heavily that it is harder and harder to keep going. We feel like we are climbing a steep mountain with a heavy load. Up is down, black is white, evil is good. Political correctness will eventually destroy the planet. We’re tired of the Keystone Kops running the show in nearly every capital of the world.

Those of us anticipating Christ’s return have a great advantage. We listen for a trumpet in the midst of the carnage. If we listen carefully, we think we hear the hoof beats of the four horsemen in the distance. The end is nearis not a saying on a sandwich board worn by some homeless person marching down Main Street. Rather, it is the hope of the believer. Most people call it the Rapture. And no, it’s not an escape hatch.

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The title really rings true: "We can only tolerate looking around if we also look up." Yeah, it's getting very hard to even hear what's going on in the world. I never ever watch the news and I have to take breaks from prophecy updates. Watching for the Rapture, reading His Word, and spending time here at CCF gives me strength!
 
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