Good morning, blog readers, from cloudy and cool (32 degrees) Wisconsin where, on my morning walk, I saw: 4 deer, 3 bunnies and got a “beep” from a truck driver when I waved! Thank You, Jesus for Your creatures and the truck drivers!
This headline, from today’s “Christian Post,” really saddened and angered me: “Abortion is the leading cause of death worldwide for fourth year in a row.”
Post Reporter, Ryan Foley, wrote: “Statistics reveal that abortion was the leading cause of death worldwide for the fourth year in a row, as the number of abortions nearly quadrupled the number of deaths from infectious diseases in 2022. Worldometer, a database that keeps track of statistics about health, the global population and other metrics in real-time, continuously compiles information about the number of abortions worldwide. The last available snapshot of the Worldometer from 2022, captured on December 31 by the internet archiving tool, The Wayback Machine, shows that more than 44 million abortions took place last year.
While Worldometer cites a fact sheet from the World Health Organization as the source for its abortion statistics, the WHO maintains that ‘around 73 million induced abortions take place worldwide each year.’ The global organization characterizes abortion as an essential health service.” Really!
And, in a similar vein, there was this headline from Ed Dowd of Brighteon: “7,500 Americans are killed or disabled each day, due to the COVID-19 vaccines.” One of the more startling conclusions in all this is that the United States of America is suffering the ‘early stages of a decivilization’ event, not merely a temporary bump in the road. That term refers to the dismantling of the critical, complex pillars of a modern advanced civilization rendering it unable to function.”
And, one more headline to show this is not only limited to the USA: “Breaking: Data of 72 Million Insured Shows ‘Sudden, Unexpected Deaths Exploded in Germany Since 2021!” Pierre Gosselin reported: “The number has more than doubled since the vaccine was introduced at the end of 2020, jumping from about 6,000 per quarter to 14,000 per quarter currently. The difference, 8000, means more than 80 people each and every day are dying suddenly and mysteriously.”
And, the Lord God said, in Exodus 20:13, “You shall not murder!”
And, King David wrote, in Psalm 139:13-16, “For You (God) formed my inward parts; You wove me together in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You (God), for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth; Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; and in your book were written the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them.”
All of this made, me think of Acts 17:30, 31 where Dr. Luke wrote: “Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men/women that all people everywhere should repent, because He ha fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man (Jesus) whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men/women by raising Him from the dead.”
Yes, dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Jesus is coming! And so, our marching orders are the same: watching, waiting, working, witnessing for, walking with and worshiping Jesus until He comes. And, if you are not a believer in Jesus, please agree with God you are a sinner who needs a Savior Who is Jesus (Romans 3:23, 24) Who died on a cross for your sins, was buried and raised from the dead (I Corinthians 15:1-4) to forgive all your sins and give you eternal life (John 3:16). Blessings and prayers, Doug (1/5/23)