Full disclosure: I’m a mystic of sorts. Don’t jump to conclusions here, I don’t do trances or channeling or anything like that, nor am I a New Ager. I’m an evangelical Christian who believes that the spiritual realm exists. Ask me if there are angels and demons and I’ll say yes. Ditto to the questions of whether there is sin, life after death, heaven and hell, God, Christ, the Holy Spirit and a being known as Satan. So stop here if all these disqualify me, in your opinion, for serious consideration. Otherwise, read on.

I’m looking at the state of the world today, and am convinced that we are being set up for some impending globe-shaking events. I’m not sure exactly what the physical manifestations are going to be: nuclear/biological/chemical war; monstrous terror attacks; natural epidemics; planet-wide financial collapse; or a Democratic congress (oh yeah, that’s already happened). But I am convinced that the planet is ripe for bad things that could only happen in the world today, as opposed to, let’s say, 100 years ago. That’s significant, because aside from the fact that modern technology is what will enable whatever is going to occur to be global in nature, what’s fascinating is that this coming chaos has been predicted in the Bible.

There are prophecies in Scripture, hundreds, if not thousands of years old, that speak of world-wide events, clearly impossible prior to the last century, and increasingly probable in this one. And interestingly enough, Israel is at the core of these predictions. That tiny little Middle Eastern country that was reconstituted just 60 years ago, millennia after being annihilated and dispersed, is now back on the forefront of the world scene, and the center of endless hatred, controversy, enmity and focus. Go look for yourself if you’re skeptical.

This is no accident. In fact, the odds of such bizarre Biblically accurate circumstances happening in the “natural course of events” are astronomically negative. The point here is that the primary cause of the world situation today is not physical, or material, or even psychological. The primary cause lies in the spiritual realm. Circumstances are being set up in this invisible sphere that make fulfillment of these prophecies in time and space inevitable. Like or not, the human race is not solely to blame or even remotely in control, though we do play a large part and are accountable for our actions (or inactions). Yet without us, these horrendous events would not be possible or, strangely enough, even meaningful.

It is no accident that there is a predominant and irrational hatred of Israel. It is no accident that this small parcel of land is the central cause of global tension. It is not due to mere happenstance that arrayed against this insignificant country is the majority of the rest of the world, except for a few staunch supporters who just happen to be part of the only remaining superpower in the planet.

It is not mere bad luck that Israel is surrounded by large hostile nations that sit upon the world’s foremost petrochemical energy reserves. It is not blind chance that these same nations are driven by a deep-seated and powerful religious ideology that demands the annihilation of all who are not its members, and of the Jews and those who support them, specifically. It is not just fate that has made Israel a powerful economic and military force.

It is absolutely unthinkable that all these components of the present world situation have come about by accident. Particularly in the light of these very things being prophesied in the Bible centuries ago, before any of these people, places, and political and religious forces existed.

It is clearly a set up of unimaginable proportions, making us humans, with all our vile and noble preoccupations, infinitesimal puppets in comparison. We are most definitely not in control, though we are the main earthly players, as well as the primary audience, and have an effect on the outcome, not because of who or what we are, but because of the role we have been given by the power of Whoever or whatever is in control.

You see, if it weren’t for the fact that the essential nature of current events were spelled out in magnificent detail 2000 years ago, we human beings could operate under the self-serving illusion that we were both the problem and the solution. We could go along blithely believing that if we could just do this or that, or eliminate this or that, then everything would turn out for the best (as defined by our own finite and fallible viewpoints). We could live under the false assumption that we, ourselves, were in control.

But assuredly, that is NOT the case. Something or Someone, other than us, is the primary mover of history. It’s not chance. It’s not fate. It’s not the Force. It’s personal. And that Person has taken the time to detail beforehand what is about to happen. He has also provided us with the only means of escape, the only hope for the future, and the only reason for our existence in the first place.

That, my friend, is pretty powerful information. What you do with it, is up to you. If you want to learn more, go here.