I’m new here, to the forums anyway. I’m not new to the VC website. I thought I would jump in on this thread because the topic draws me in so.
I would consider myself pre-trib, but not rabidly so. I have studied the Word and see how different conclusions can be drawn.
I’ve been homeschooling my children for nearly 20 years and oddly my recognition of deep changes in our culture have come through that. I was a member of and posted on a homeschool forum for many years and recognized the hatred and animosity towards Christians, Christianity, and even righteousness grow there to such levels that I had to walk away. What once was a place that Christian homeschool mothers could bounce ideas off of one another in how to raise their children for Christ had become a place that speaking of such things drew vitriolic hatred. The change was gradual at first and then over night it became unbearable. It really disturbed my spirit for a while and I finally realized it was a smaller picture of the anti-Christ spirit at large. It shook me for a while because I felt I was the only one seeing the demonic take shape in such a way.
I teach children at church. Once per year, a family from Sweden would come and stay for a month and I would have their children in my class. The father came in to the class as well so he could translate for his children When I took them to the playground once while the family was here, about seven-ish years ago, he came to talk to me, discussing God’s Word and the times. He was a strong Christian, knew the Word of God, and was a stranger and out of place in Sweden due to the godlessness there. People were amazed there at his knowledge of what was going on in the world and what would happen next, because he was reading prophecy and basing his views on the Bible, which was just not normal there. He told me then that he felt our country would be like theirs some day, godless and secular. He asked about my kids and school. He was blown away by us homeschooling and said they would not be allowed to there. They had to ask permission to remove their kids from school for a month to visit the US. I cannot remember all we discussed. I remember the Lord powerfully prompting me to pay attention. This man was letting me know that trouble was coming here. I mean, truly, trouble had already begun but not to the level we have now.
In 1989, I was in college and was very young. Two moms were in school with me. They were in their thirties and had elementary-aged kids. They brought papers for us to read regarding the future homosexual push that would come in the schools. It drew out the plan for normalizing it and training kids in it. We were all shocked. That was unheard of and honestly just unbelievable to us all. I couldn’t wrap my mind around such a world that would call good something that God has called evil. Here I am, nearly thirty years later, my husband and I raising our children to know Truth and pushing back against a culture that calls good evil and evil good.
This is long. I’m sorry.
Godfearing woman, this is your day!
I am Swedish, have been living here all my 41 year old life and can confirm every bit of what that man said. Sweden is INCREDIBLY godless and what rules here is atheism. If you so much as mention you're a believer, you're immediately stamped as mentally ill and extremely gullible for believng in "fairytales". They will actually yell at you for it and hate your guts.
Usually you also will get jumped like "I cant believe you believe in old stories like that! They're fairytales! A man in the clouds, you're insane!" So you're immediately stamped as mentally unstable, extremely naive and gullible or that theres just something seriously wrong with you. Imagine being a christian in this country. And not only that, we're one of the two worldleading (as far as I know) countries when it comes to the chip aswell, the mark of the beast if you will. We have 100.000 chipped, they hold parties aswell, so called "Chipster parties" They call themselves chipsters. It's everything from IT companies to regular companies to regular Joe for the fun of it, to our countries railroad company SJ (Swedish Ironrails) that have chipped their staff and travelers. This is no joke anymore! My own landlord went into the papers about having been chipped in not only one hand but TWO because its too much of an inconvenience to carry keyes. BOTH hands! I've been living within this landlords apartments for 11 years now and it's horrible to live here. They have brought in so many muslims that if you're swedish, you get harrassed day and night because the muslims want you out so they can take over the apartments and live close to each other. In this house the family that wants mine has 8 apartments. When I move, they'll have 9. And of course the landlord is on their side so complaining will not help. I've even been to court about it which calmed things down since I won and the landlord got scared but in the long run..they will win.
And should I say anything about this, I get called a racist so I cant call it out either. I will have to give up my dream home and move because of this and I wont be the first, the last place I lived they chased away two stories of swedes and here the muslims have every apartment except for four, one of them being mine.
My point here being that good is evil and evil is good. If there were any justice the landlord would act and listen if someone gets harrassed, not take the harrassers side because theres more of them than the victim. You cant win with this system!
Just as you say and just as the bible says it would be in the end times, good is evil and evil good. Again as you say about things happening now (and have been for quite a while) that one couldnt believe before.. Homosexuality is considered good, changing your gender is a great thing, believing in god and obeying his laws is considered madness, druguse has become legal and ugh..I cant even mention it all.
I'm so sick of it I'm praying every day it will be over soon. And you know the bible talks about Jesus apologizing to us for these times, that we have to live and see this, so he knows how offending it is.
That man is right about the swedish school system aswell. If you dont send your kid to school, the police will come home and get the kid and put it in school and then social services will get involved in how you're raising it and why you're doing what you're doing and usually it ends up with the family losing custody of their children and the state raising them. It's a too common thing here. In the cases where it's for the best, I dont argue (if a child suffers) but in cases of where its to not have the child involved with the regular school system I absolutely agree with the parents. What do they learn in school? Nothing! Back in my day they at least had time for the kids and taught them but now I see kid after kid ending school and they cant even spell in their own language and they have no knowledge of anything because the classes are so big and the teacher dont have time to teach them all.
I really wish to thank you for you telling us about your experience, so many christians have stuck their heads in the sand and go "Whaaat? I havent noticed anything wrong" because theyre too scared to mention it. Instead they've adapted to this filth.
Thank you for standing up for your belief and protesting!
Ps:
Isaiah 26:20-21 King James Version (KJV)
20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
21 For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
I'm starting to understand those that get social phobia and isolates because one look at society of today scared the crap out of good people.