In away and just my personal feel of where we are with the end times i don't think Trump is going to do anything major draining the swamp, evil at this moment is being allowed under God's sovereingty to have it's temporary time.
To me Trump's purpose for re-election to serve again is to assist Israel and push in the prophetic destiny puzzle pieces that they are to go through
Amen. I understand brother. Had I not a somewhat systematic eschatological theology at this point, I'd say I'd be right there with ya. For me what is louder than Trump and all the politiking is one huge Upside Down Flint-Rubble Bubble Cake (Barney's winning cake: the Flinstones). And that is that during the season of 2004 and 2016 I was learning some unique things about how God uses "communications."
DISCLAIMER--I understand if this is too much ya'll. If it be deemed for deletion or reroute I understand. But under this news heading thread, it relates personally to me. So I am just sharing that. And it has nothing to do with Trump. But everything, in how my heart processes, of why I am even alive today. I should seriously be dead...lol. A long time ago. But in His good graces, I am still around I reckon. But please consider the following a breif memior of where i am coming from. Its not politics, or even eschatology for me. It is life and death communication with the One who created us for me. That is not to say that if I am inaccurate in my escatological views, I will deflate like a flat tire. No. For if all of my thinking on this is bunk, and hopeful pollyanish dreams of a child and I need a glass of stiff cold water, and sit over in a corner and "consider" otherwise...amen. I have been through what I have. And this is just where I have landed. I am confident that if I am like hallucinational here, God will use that for me good in the repair room in the back. Its all good. Things could go drastically differently than would sermise. They might possibly go like that, amen. I am just wanting to throw out there where much of this is coming from in me. Its not political and its not even all that eschatological. Again though, if I am off, in what God has faithfully seen me through, I want to face it with all my ores in the water feeling every stroke toward shore of sobriety in that too. Amen. For me the aim is always the better light in Christ's heart towards us. I am an expert at burrying that in my all over the place. But still, quite a bit hunggier than to settle there. However it is sliced. And in whatever shape it takes, to see Him truly is "fine" with me however that is. Amen. So please just take this as a personal notation journal moments of where I am coming from in general. I know Spartan you are not asking that. And you are just sharing your observations. Amen. They may end up being the thing Teren's gonna have to come around to sooner or later. But just thought this to be an appropriate place in rare form (holding mysefl to account that this be "rare" amen) to at least explain a little backdrop if ok. If not, I am ok with that too. Blessings.
* Took a graduate level course in the psychology of human communications. My thesis ironically was related to seeing if there was anything like typological prefiguration in anything other than the bible. The answer was, "no."
* I took that course because what drove me back into the world in 2000 (spending the turn of the millennium on the 7th floor of the Los Angeles county jail psyche ward). A novel moment...lol. I was there because I was arrested for possession of controlled substances, and I was told that if I said I heard voices, I would filter down to safer pill modules incarceration instead of the nasty swanky standards known in those days as pretty distrubiing county jail conditions.
* What drove me back into the world is that I could not see anything outside of God's faithfulness to hold me accountable. Which is fine. But the ministry at that time I was involved in super sized that. So the only answers i was getting was that I was pretty much wrong wrong wrong everywhere. As sinners, we are. But even though there was stellar teaching on the majesty and grace of God, the reformed positions of: "You are a worm," and "You are less than nothing," drove me into morbid psychosis. The American Reformed positions I understood was that even as new creations in Christ, we are filthy worms that deserve nothing. And even though theologically we are in our sinful condition there is Truth to that, I could find no good news in the good news because the bad news was worn like a badge of honor.
* Through a series of online forums from 2003 to 2004, God allowed me to see His work in my life (even as utterly depraved in behavior as I became involved in). He allowed me to see that I could maybe bring some good fruit into people's lives. I noticed that online and posting over the course of a year (while also desperately researching how we know the bible is true--because I had become too accustomed to "going with the flow" of reformed theology--and began to distrust a lot of things). God was faithful to show me much as to how his word is true. Much fruitful discovered. And that was good because just around that time I was thinking of joining Christians Anonymous...lol. I needed help, seriously. It was a matter of life and death. I was into some pretty hardcore drugs...and a lot of them. 2 near death experiences. But when I saw that the solution in Christian's anonymous was: "Evolution," yeah...I said you know...i'll pass.
* Discovered that God had used Israel for 1500 years through ceremonial ritual to prefigure Christ. Then when he came, those ceremonies stopped (on official levels) for 2,000 years. Pretty unique communication. It was from this point that I went back into the reformed fold (not knowing about all that). And saw how God used that church in utterly amazing ways. How God used that church to communicate things to me on levels that blew my mind. And I grew a lot. But still had issues I could not pin point with their orthodoxy and orthopraxy. But even where I would see it in error...God Himself transcended all of that and piered through it all showing me Himself. His love. His heart. His care...way way way beyond what was going on (and yes...even with it). An amazing azazing time.
THEN -- during those days I saw the same theatrics in the church I had witnessed in an online gaming community. And what I saw occur during my times on that forum, I saw like a lot of attitudes from others. I imployed marketing techniques and really just took on different personas for fun and to escape my tormented soul. And in that I tried to collapse my feined character's rise in popularity. I tried to tank it. To throw into a meat a grinder. And every time, it just made that charector I created for fun online become more popular...lol. It was nutty and insane. So what I saw was how God could use my communication with others to actually excel. Which for me was an anomaly. And then I saw many of the plots that wanted to help me end my online persona mirrored in the church when they tried to help me. It was nothing short of willd.
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So I have had deep investment into the study of His deep communication styles in the word as well as how He helped me to get sober (now for 21 years). But also along the way the theme that kept emerging was: God's goodness transcends the situation. But like on steroids. And still even seeing it. Even living it. Even being in it thickly and richly...it has been hard to have it settle up on my heart. Then end times comes along...lol. And i got all into how the beast system is forming etc. Deeply. But what began to emerge out of it all to me was a far more beautiful story it would seem God would want an unbelieving generation to know about Him. Perhaps as we near the tribulation. So because of all that background in stuff like that (way before Trump), it was deeply etched into my soul, this interest God has in communication style to His creation. Themeatically I believe what looks to be occuring in general is a story about His love, His heart, His patience, His transcendence. And His character toward a generation primed for end times it would seem. But that story just seems to be a story He would want us to know. A story where justice does come. A story where the shrugging of shoulders thinking things will just get worse and worse. But instead, a story where ttrue justice be realized amidst impossible odds. Isn't His word and what He did, enough? Yes. Amen. Far more than enough. But we are talking about One who does not mind going out of His way (I.e. Christ on the cross for us) to show He cares. And maybe, just maybe, He has an interest to wrap up the age of grace more like that than mere technicalities of how the beast system chokes the life out of everthing. Yeah, yawn, that too. But the hotter thing, the gorgeous thing is He lives...to tell about it. Himself. His heart. And from the lay of the land today...it to me is just primed for that to go off like the 4th of July. Now maybe that is just because of what I went through. But that would be something I would settle for as sound, "if" the writing was not like all over the wall. Everything playing out AGAIN in slow motion. A reinstituting of US Pres 45. To me, its so loud it really does not bother where others will differ. Because I see that potential too. And I am an expert at seeing how things go bad. I favor that actually. It is more familiar and comfortable for me.
There is just too much on the table right now in my humble estimation that would really shock me if it don't go toward justice and in radical ways like no other age. Because of the magnitude of what has been placed before all of us. In plain site. So I am just saying, yeah if all of that was not that, then yeah its just me and how I went through things...and just what I experienced and everything. But these things not only don't go away, they just get more and more bozo weird. lol. No? Thanks for letting me share under this thematic thread.