Luke 21:28

And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

Introduction:

Unless one has their head in the clouds or buried in the sand, you cannot help but realize that the world that we live in and the societies of which we all are a part seems to be coming apart at the seams. This is not a doom and gloom statement. This is not a matter of negativism. This is reality. Economies all over the world are not just declining, but failing. Countries in North and South America as well as Europe are doing their very best with little success to stabilize their faltering economies. Not only this but we are told of conflict and unrest of one form or another in diverse countries all over the world. Why just recently there was an uprising in Tunisia and we are told that this inspired an uprising in Egypt that has lead the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak bowing to the will of the people and stating that he would step down as president. In that same part of the world, the Middle East, there is continual conflict among the Jews and the rest of the Arab nations. There is also the threat of global terrorism. There is also the threat of nuclear war. There are conflicts in Africa, Russia, Spain, India. On and on we could go.
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