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Dissatisfaction breeds movement. A dissatisfied person is always on the move. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, and all. Isaiah 17:12 likens the sinful and the restless to tides and seas and rushing waters. "Alas, the uproar of many peoples Who roar like the roaring of the seas, And the rumbling of nations Who rush on like the rumbling of mighty waters!" He is even more succinct in verse 57:20: "But the wicked are like the tossing sea, For it cannot be quiet, And its waters toss up refuse and mud."
In the ten years before I was saved, I spent it traveling over a large part of the world. I traveled in every kind of conveyance; car, Volkswagen camper, ice breaker ferry, yacht, plane, train, motorcycle. I went to nations in the north and south and east and west. I was looking for something, because my spirit was not quite settled. That is because I didn't have Jesus.
One of the ideas I'd had while traveling was to look for another place to live. Maine wasn't cutting it anymore. It was expensive, it was cold, it was unfriendly. To quote an old ballad, I wanted to be where the weather suited my clothes. Florida of course, was a possibility, as well as Texas. I also went to Canada, Mexico, Ecuador, Italy, France, England, Scotland, Bahamas, Monaco, and San Marino. I was looking, looking, searching for a place to call home. Ecuador offered possibilities, as well as the Bahamas and Italy. For a long time, the grass was greener.
In times of severe economic hardship, the tendency to search out another country to call home is compelling. The more people are dissatisfied here they want to go there. To and fro. ( "But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase." Daniel 12:4) People looking to escape government intrusion, or for a better exchange rate, or a rural or seaside peacefulness they don't find in America are all quoted reasons I've heard to ditch America. Since times have been sooooo hard, the number of people looking to become expatriates, or expats for short, has increased tremendously, according to this news article:
Americans leaving US in record numbers
"Ever dream of leaving it all behind and heading out of America? You’re not the only one. A new study shows that more US citizens than ever before are living outside of the country. According to statistics from the US State Department, around 6.4 million Americans are either working or studying overseas, which Gallup says is the largest number ever for such statistic. The polling organization came across the number after conducting surveys in 135 outside nations and the information behind the numbers reveal that this isn’t exactly a longtime coming either — numbers have skyrocketed only in recent years."
Apparently choosing to become an expatriate is on a lot of peoples' minds. Michael T. Snyder asked the following question on his Economic blog:
What Is The Best Country In The World For Americans To Relocate To In Order To Avoid The Coming Economic Collapse?
"Millions of American citizens have already left the United States in search of a better life. As the economy continues to crumble and as our society slowly falls apart, millions of others are thinking about it. [T]hings have gone downhill so dramatically in the United States that picking up and moving to a foreign nation is being increasingly viewed as a viable alternative by millions of Americans. A lot of people have decided that they simply do not want to be in the United States when the excrement hits the fan. So what is the best country in the world for Americans to relocate to in order to avoid the coming economic collapse?"
The internet forums are abuzz with queries like these. Not just the conspiracy forums, but the vacation boards, and the financial forums are all talking about bug out bags, stocking up, and relocating. In normal times, these are valid bases from which to make a life change. But these are not normal times. Nor will they ever be again.
We are on the downward slide to decidedly NOT normal, but the people seeking relocation and expatriation don't know that. A person can stock up, move, and hunker down all they want, but the times ahead are times where God will be directly intervening in the world. His eye misses nothing and no matter where you hide, He will find you, and His tribulation will find you. Amos 8:12 comes to mind also. "Men will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the LORD, but they will not find it." Right now they are looking for a better exchange rate, but when the rubber really hits the road, they will finally wake up to the fact that they need the Word of the Lord. They will search everywhere but not be able to find it.
In Revelation 6:15-17 we read of the reaction of the peoples after the world's greatest earthquake.
"Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”
They know it is the LORD. The understand that it is His wrath. The perceive that there is nowhere they can hide, not even the deepest cave or under the rocks. There will be no bank account, no currency exchange, no stocked up basement that will save them. His wrath will fall on America, and Ecuador, Italy, Canada, Mexico, everywhere. There is no fleeing from the justice of God.
In Amos 9:2-3 we have a wrathful God pronouncing judgment on Israel, promising its destruction (but as always, not without blessing by the end).
"Though they dig down to the depths of the grave, from there my hand will take them. Though they climb up to the heavens, from there I will bring them down. And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:"
In Carmel there is a series of caves. These are the ones referred to by Amos. Barnes Notes explains, "Through its caves (some say 1,000, some 2,000) with which it is perforated, whose entrance sometimes scarcely admits a single man; so close to each other, that a pursuer would not discern into which the fugitive had vanished; so serpentine within, that, "10 steps apart," says a traveler, "we could hear each others' voices, but could not see each other." "Carmel is perforated by a hundredfold greater or lesser clefts. Even in the garb of loveliness and richness, the majestic Mount, by its clefts, caves, and rocky battlements, excites in the wanderer who sees them for the first time, a feeling of mingled wonder and fear. A whole army of enemies, as of nature's terrors, could hide themselves in these rock-clefts." (photo source)
The caves have long been known to be a preferred location for robbers and fugitives. Perhaps it is these very caves the Revelation verse is alluding. In the time of the Tribulation, after the church is raptured, every person on earth until or unless they are saved, is a fugitive. They will be hunted by Jesus in His great wrath and zeal for punishment. No cave, no matter how serpentine or deep, will allow any fugitive to escape.
In the Tribulation, there will be no such thing as an expatriate.
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In the ten years before I was saved, I spent it traveling over a large part of the world. I traveled in every kind of conveyance; car, Volkswagen camper, ice breaker ferry, yacht, plane, train, motorcycle. I went to nations in the north and south and east and west. I was looking for something, because my spirit was not quite settled. That is because I didn't have Jesus.
One of the ideas I'd had while traveling was to look for another place to live. Maine wasn't cutting it anymore. It was expensive, it was cold, it was unfriendly. To quote an old ballad, I wanted to be where the weather suited my clothes. Florida of course, was a possibility, as well as Texas. I also went to Canada, Mexico, Ecuador, Italy, France, England, Scotland, Bahamas, Monaco, and San Marino. I was looking, looking, searching for a place to call home. Ecuador offered possibilities, as well as the Bahamas and Italy. For a long time, the grass was greener.
In times of severe economic hardship, the tendency to search out another country to call home is compelling. The more people are dissatisfied here they want to go there. To and fro. ( "But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase." Daniel 12:4) People looking to escape government intrusion, or for a better exchange rate, or a rural or seaside peacefulness they don't find in America are all quoted reasons I've heard to ditch America. Since times have been sooooo hard, the number of people looking to become expatriates, or expats for short, has increased tremendously, according to this news article:
Americans leaving US in record numbers
"Ever dream of leaving it all behind and heading out of America? You’re not the only one. A new study shows that more US citizens than ever before are living outside of the country. According to statistics from the US State Department, around 6.4 million Americans are either working or studying overseas, which Gallup says is the largest number ever for such statistic. The polling organization came across the number after conducting surveys in 135 outside nations and the information behind the numbers reveal that this isn’t exactly a longtime coming either — numbers have skyrocketed only in recent years."
Apparently choosing to become an expatriate is on a lot of peoples' minds. Michael T. Snyder asked the following question on his Economic blog:
What Is The Best Country In The World For Americans To Relocate To In Order To Avoid The Coming Economic Collapse?
"Millions of American citizens have already left the United States in search of a better life. As the economy continues to crumble and as our society slowly falls apart, millions of others are thinking about it. [T]hings have gone downhill so dramatically in the United States that picking up and moving to a foreign nation is being increasingly viewed as a viable alternative by millions of Americans. A lot of people have decided that they simply do not want to be in the United States when the excrement hits the fan. So what is the best country in the world for Americans to relocate to in order to avoid the coming economic collapse?"
The internet forums are abuzz with queries like these. Not just the conspiracy forums, but the vacation boards, and the financial forums are all talking about bug out bags, stocking up, and relocating. In normal times, these are valid bases from which to make a life change. But these are not normal times. Nor will they ever be again.
We are on the downward slide to decidedly NOT normal, but the people seeking relocation and expatriation don't know that. A person can stock up, move, and hunker down all they want, but the times ahead are times where God will be directly intervening in the world. His eye misses nothing and no matter where you hide, He will find you, and His tribulation will find you. Amos 8:12 comes to mind also. "Men will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the LORD, but they will not find it." Right now they are looking for a better exchange rate, but when the rubber really hits the road, they will finally wake up to the fact that they need the Word of the Lord. They will search everywhere but not be able to find it.
In Revelation 6:15-17 we read of the reaction of the peoples after the world's greatest earthquake.
"Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”
They know it is the LORD. The understand that it is His wrath. The perceive that there is nowhere they can hide, not even the deepest cave or under the rocks. There will be no bank account, no currency exchange, no stocked up basement that will save them. His wrath will fall on America, and Ecuador, Italy, Canada, Mexico, everywhere. There is no fleeing from the justice of God.
In Amos 9:2-3 we have a wrathful God pronouncing judgment on Israel, promising its destruction (but as always, not without blessing by the end).
"Though they dig down to the depths of the grave, from there my hand will take them. Though they climb up to the heavens, from there I will bring them down. And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:"
The caves have long been known to be a preferred location for robbers and fugitives. Perhaps it is these very caves the Revelation verse is alluding. In the time of the Tribulation, after the church is raptured, every person on earth until or unless they are saved, is a fugitive. They will be hunted by Jesus in His great wrath and zeal for punishment. No cave, no matter how serpentine or deep, will allow any fugitive to escape.
In the Tribulation, there will be no such thing as an expatriate.
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I know more will probably be getting ready to leave if/when(?) the National Defense Authorization Act is signed into law. I know this is a horrible thought but I really do think this law might be used in the future to detain Christians. Because our ways are not of this world, we are seen as extremists, I think you posted the video of a politician labeling us as such.
ReplyDeleteIt's possible that as the Euro implodes and the EU faces more riots, etc. that more Americans are going to return home to the United States. It may be a case of "better the devil you know than the one you don't", or it may be that foreign governments are going to expell Americans as resources become scarcer and more expensive for their own nationals to find and buy. Running away from the problems in the US is not a good solution at all - the problems are world-wide.
ReplyDelete200 million people hooked on prescription drugs
DeleteEveryone from Kindergarten to Great Grand Mom,
with 1.3% of their population incarcerated,
with another 1% watching them.
A welfare nation with no work ethic,
self centered lazy
ineducable & now unemployable.
I believe that when the dollar collapses & is replaced as the standard of buying & selling in the world, there will be
blood shed on the streets of America.
Americans against Americans,
Cripts against Bloods
Blacks against Whites
& An Army that's Unarmed & out of country, A National guard that will turn tail & run, An unprepared unarmed people except for the outlaws.
Why bother bombing America?
Give them what they want,
GIVE THEM MORE PILLS!!!
Lunesta? Ambien? Weary Leg Syndrome, Extends, Viagra or Postivac? Late Night TV? Oh & waiting for your huvverround or you skooter from the skooter store. Give them what they want give them Bigger Shopping Malls, Big Screen TV's in their gov subsidized dwellings & Fancy cars Give them a credit line.
The United States should put a white flag on the pentagon lawn. Salute your new flag America
RITE AID
WHEN THE RIOTS START HERE THERE IS NO ARMY HERE TO STOP THE RIOTS!!
I think there are more kids going to college than ever.
ReplyDeleteGraduate with debts and they can't get a job so they end up at the coffee shop or some odd job. When I was a therapist.. So many people are unhappy no matter how much money or how great their jobs are they are looking for something ...they are looking for a deeper meaning that only God can give . The way we live our lives has changed to a point that the stress of life is like a pressure cooker. More is expected from jobs, some of it not humanly attainable.Women are working full time jobs, raising children, and running households the duties are so much that there is total exhaustion. The common " western illness" is adrenal fatigue caused by long term stress Many people are on prescriptions drugs, they are eating non organic GMO ( which effects the mind),, drinking, smoking and over eating numbs the mind and body another excess. I used hear this, I'm a catholic or Christian " but not practicing" means, really no adherence to Gods Law. A battle is raging between good and evil . It is a different world, and different it is nothing like my parent's generation where the home is paid off, people seemed calmer, polite, and families dressed up nice for lovely big Sunday dinners. People were so much more helpful and at ease. Even our neighborhood was so close, everyone knew each other and It was such a worm community. We would all go to church together and donate our time to help those in need! My parents would dance, laugh, listen to Frank Sinatra , and jazz. Seemed like it was much lighter and happier time, now it seems like so many people are just dragging on. Sorry I digressed People
sense something is coming. They know because of the web and the church many people will be ready for whatever comes, and the people that are not well, they might be the ones that go to get help from those camps . I had dreams seemed to have the same theme, A major disaster asteroid followed by, tsunami, massive loss of life, currency collapse civil unrest, rioting, looting in the big cities, and the GI Joes come to the rescue and to ensure safety. The weaker links that are doing the looting and rioting instantly all go back into their respective little mouse holes. martial law is in effect. Workers begin giving out provisions and gas. I saw, robotic like officers are brought into public view, and they are different wearing face shield all walking in sync. And then the unbelievable happens t finally finish it no more nothing all gone Will a great empires come and go?.. It is so heart breaking to hear, that such an empire so great that gave hope to so many would be dissolved.that this is the fate so many ministers, and visionaries predict for her. How tragic and sad is that?, A minister recently said, " The fear of death has got to go!" And in this sermon it was as if he was giving people the last rites. He continued to say do not be fearful death can come quickly, and you get to join God. In all my life I have never ever heard this in a in a church, but clearly now the time has come, to prepare the people on every level for the future that awaits them. . So I applaud him for standing up and speaking
Time to go and start a new life on a new frontier , I've traveled plenty and there are so many wonderful places we really love, The question is how adaptable, and flexible are you ? Some countries can send you into total culture shock. . Of course one country seems just like the home, they speak our language , eat the same food , have almost identical driving freeways, and the people liked us. They watch the same shows as us .The most politically neutral place on the planet friends to all this is the easiest place to move too.