Still you can't beat having friends in high places. From the heights of Heaven is where our help comes from! TR Watchman, you raise such a good point! What a first week of 2020!?!?!!! :wacko: I am going to watch to see if there is a pattern on the amount of time between major events - see how close the birth pangs are! 2019 flew by with so much happening all around the globe. When I tried to stay on top of all that news on all the different things (earthquakes, volcanoes, animal die-offs, fires, wars, rumors of wars, etc.) it was near impossible because there was so much all the time. If this was just the first week of 2020... wow, we are in for a ride this year. :wacko: B-) Speaking of animal die offs, I read an article yesterday stating the loss of animal life due to the tremendous fires in Australia has reached one billion. Yes, billion with a “b”. A staggering number to fathom. This headline picture put a smile on my face today ... - Fair Use - I've often wondered about the animal die off's happening these last few years. I always come back to the same conclusion, they are a portent if you will of what will happen to mankind. A culling of the world's population! Any number of factors can contribute to these occurring, not least of which that God is highlighting the end of days! The end of Earth as we know it. Earth shutting down. This bio-sphere called Earth can only adequately sustain only so much life. And with the overpopulation of the family of man, we see loss everywhere. This is also another great indicator that our days on this Earth are numbered. In any event, God is Lord over all things created! Plant, animal, vegetable, water, sun light, magnetic poles, solar systems, stars or whatever. It's as if Earth itself can only tolerate so much evil as well! A new Heaven and new Earth are already promised to replace what has been destroyed by the enemy! The old is worn out and thread bare, the new will be gloriously refurbished and maintained. For we are told the Earth will abide forever. I've also always been amazed that God will leave Heaven and tabernacle with men here on Earth. Many have viewed Earth as a temporary abode, and then eternity in Heaven, but apparently that isn't so. With Earth dying off and the concept of a new Heaven and Earth in our future, there is so much here to ponder! What say you? TR
