"At least 30 members of a Russian doomsday Orthodox sect, including four children, are continuing to barricade themselves in a dug-out outside a Russian village to await the Apocalypse." I also read that they believe the apocalypse is coming in May.
I know theres a few prophets who read this blog... Have you heard the same thing?
Heres a thought... If it was to end in May, and you didnt want people to go to hell, then what would you do?
Why dont we try anyway?
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
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Firstly, as it says - 'No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father'(Mark 13:32)
We don't need to know, if we did actually know, we would do things differently - we shouldn't be doing things differently whether we know or if we don't - today is the day of salvation!
Secondly, is that what we should be doing during the Apocalypse?! Locking ourselves away?? I think that's the time we will really see the need for salvation, people will be begging for it - if we're still around!!
Russia has been heading towards its own apocalypse for a while now. The population is in decline, with one of the lowest fertility rates in the world @ 1.2 children per woman, one of the highest abortion rates, 70 percent of pregnancies are terminated. The life expectancy of a Russian male is 58.9 years which is lower than for Bangladesh. There are severe outbreaks of viral hepatitis, drug fuelled Hepatitis C, tuberculosis, and the fastest growing rate of HIV infection in the world with more people tested positive in Russia in the first 5 years of the century than in the previous 20 years in America. The virus is said to have infected at least 1 percent of the population.
These facts and figures are from a book I am reading called "America Alone" by Mark Steyn. He tells a story of a pro-life film being shown on Russian TV. This was very graphic, and designed to turn women away from abortion as an option. Instead of focusing on the baby's pain, the women were impressed at the standard of hospitals and technology available in the west. One of his quotes:
"After seven decades of Communism, the physical barrenness is little more than a symptom of the spiritual barrenness."
I sympathise with people living there wanting to shut themselves away, curl up and wait to die. My heart goes out to them, and I pray God speaks to them, and stirs them, and changes things for them.
What can we do? Pray, yes, evangelise, definately. And make sure we learn lessons.
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