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Madness too Insane for Normal People to Ignore

Not so long ago, Folkpotpourri ran a post on the goings on at CERN, the large hadron collider at the border of France and Switzerland. In that post, as in this one, only a smidgen of the technical information guiding the experiments and those discoveries deriving from them is discussed. This is because as an old Ozark hillbilly, I obviously do not have the scientific knowledge with which to properly address the undertakings nor the results of that project, but that might just be an advantage, at least in an effort to get fellow travelers with comparative levels of expertise as myself to take a better look at the efforts being expended there.

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First off, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to take note of the enormous expenses being incurred, the sheer numbers of high-paid scientists, technicians, and whoever else might be required at CERN. And for what? Exactly what are the expected results of the efforts required to excavate a 17-mile-long circular tunnel, fill it with extremely expensive precision magnetic tubes and the equipment required, cooling equipment found nowhere else on earth to develop temperatures found nowhere else in the Solar System? It just seems to me like that’s a lot of effort expended to try and discover seemingly unprofitable things like the state of the universe some milliseconds after the big bang! There are other justifications that have come and gone to try and explain what a great boon to science, and thus humanity, that might result from such efforts, but none of them make any sense. The notion that only a highly educated scientist can possibly comprehend the potential benefits of this project don’t fly either. I’m not trying to denigrate scientific methods or inquiries on their face(s), but every undertaking by mankind throughout history has come with objective profit of one kind or another, and all are easily understood as desirable by the laypeople, who usually are and have been the ones picking up the tab for such ventures, but the people involved with CERN have failed dismally to demonstrate any such (expected) positive results for the collider other than to try and satisfy some esoteric scientific curiosities of a very select few elite egg heads. It just doesn’t add up.

This machine is easily the most expensive undertaking on a single invention in human history and it’s simply too much sugar for a dime in my books. In other words, I’m trying to help the reader come to the conclusion that I have and that is that we aren’t being told anything near the truth of what these people are up to. The electricity bill alone for this thing would pay to power some countries!

I’m not trying to pretend to know much about the specifics of smashing atoms nor the attendant physics, but as I said before, that lack of expertise might just give people like me an advantage, a reason normally exhibited by normal folks to question what we’re being told without having to understand or argue in depths over our heads about the benefit(s) that might be incurred from such a project. It’s my understanding that Stephen Hawking even had issues with some of the possibly detrimental results of what might arise from these experiments. Then someone (in the scientific community?) started some rumor that Dr. Hawking was involved in the Epstein crimes, maybe to discredit him? If so, and they went to that length to shut down his warnings about CERN, then there’s a great probability that CERN just might not be on the up and up.

If one is a reader of Folkpotpourri, he/she already knows this writer has a tendency to look at issues through a Spiritual prism, and so as to not disappoint you, here’s something to chew on. What if, as I and others have suspected from the outset, this whole project is to attempt to make contact with another dimension – a spiritual one – and possibly devise a way to make it possible for entities to pass from our dimension to another one, or vice versa? If one is a believer in the Scriptures, he knows that there are spiritual forces at work, demonic ones, set out to battle against whatever righteousness might exist here, but the Bible describes a bottomless pit where demons are locked away captive. Are the good “scientists” of CERN attempting to devise a way to release them into our world?

That would explain the exponential cost and effort being expended at the collider. Satan already has all the riches of the world at his disposal, so the money is no object. If the “scientists” involved are people who may be possessed or even atheists, as is the wont of most eggheads, it would explain their tenacity to get the project done so maybe the demons from the pit can escape into the world of men. Now there are already demons here – we know that from Jesus and the apostles’ experiences casting them out of people, but those that are locked away in the pit are probably the most evil and fearsome of all of them and so are chained down there for a reason. [Revelation 9:1-2]: “(1) And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. (2)And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.”

From the above verses, it is clear that there is a pit and it is locked, and from somewhere, somehow, a “star” fell from heaven who had a key to open the pit. The bible refers to the stars who fell from Heaven as those angels who rebelled against god and followed Satan and were cast out. Is that “star” who fell from heaven the demon who now possesses a scientist who knew how to construct a device that would enable him to “unlock” the bottomless pit? The pit must be an especially bad place, because the demons themselves don’t want to be there. When Jesus cast those demons out of the possessed man at the Gadarenes’ country, they specifically asked Him not to send them to the abyss, which it seems might be the same place, and asked Him to send them into some swine, which all immediately rejected them and ran off a cliff. [Luke 8:32-33]: “Now a herd of many swine was feeding there on the mountain. So they begged Him that He would permit them to enter them. And He permitted them. 33 Then the demons went out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd ran violently down the steep place into the lake and drowned.”

Nataraja (Shiva), 2004, bronze, 2 meters, installation view, CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland

The title of this post refers to seeming madness contained herein. Maybe it is. Maybe the fact that the symbol statue of CERN is a false god (Shiva – destruction) and the fact that the scientists have the temerity to call something they found a “god particle” (the name suggested at first was the “goddamned particle”) has nothing to do with an innocent scientific endeavor to smash atoms into each other at the speed of light, are all mere coincidences. Maybe the morality of the whole world going into the sewer ever since they first fired that thing up (something so powerful it creates a magnetic field stronger than that of the earth) and many of the world’s leaders as well as regular people exhibiting incredible and inexplicably murderous evil more and more are totally unrelated, but it’s something folks might want to consider.

There’s a great video out there that never alleges what this post says out right, but if you watch it, you’ll see that the narrator strongly refers to something outside the control of humans that affects the CERN projects. I believe this thing is evil. I believe AI is evil. I believe we should also do everything in our power to stop the creation of these data centers. They offer no beneficial promise to normal people.

The collider is shutting down for “upgrades”, a shutdown which is planned for an extended period. Believers need to pray fervently that it never starts back up, but according to prophecy, I’m afraid it will.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.

“Madman” MK

Still a Little Time to Decide – But Not Much

There’s a lot of things happening in the world right now and what we as believers need to do, probably more than anything else at this particular time, is to keep our focus. Keep our eyes on Jesus Christ, for it is only with His guidance that we have any hope at all of emerging from this Satanic nonsense with our hearts in the right place. This is about as serious as it gets – the time is growing short, and we don’t have to be especially blessed with a spirit of discernment to see it coming to a close. Evil spirits are hammering down our doors!

There are readers of this blog in various places throughout the world. Not especially many readers, but they are in several diverse places. If you are reading this post, I believe God is trying to get your attention and take your rightful place in His Kingdom. He is, through such foolishness as an internet article from some obscure old hillbilly in the Ozarks of Missouri, trying to encourage you to take this bit of hope for yourself, and just as importantly for your families and loved ones, and see the condition of the world and understand that we have evolved from whatever foundation(s) we have known, from whatever “normality” to which we grew accustomed in our past lives. No matter what conditions arise, no matter what persecutions we face, things will never go back to what we knew in our former days. Get ready for some big changes, folks. Steel yourselves for what lies ahead. Take refuge in the Word of God and the shelter of the Rock for that’s the only way to survive this mess we’re in.

Here in the US, our “leaders” have completely surrendered our national sovereignty to the evil entities that the apostle Paul warned us about. There are still indications that a few foreign countries are not willing to capitulate to the dark forces – the wealthy elites – that are slowly but steadily enveloping the world around us. Don’t be discouraged to see them for what they are, they’ve always been like this, it’s just that now the masks are coming off – the man (men) of sin are being revealed and everyone is faced with the choice they must make – to join forces with the evil or to steadfastly hold out for Jesus. He said, [John 14:6]: “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and no one comes to the Father but through me.” He is the ONLY way to get through this calamity of a world we are in today.

We are witnessing the complete dissolution of the world we have known. The ICE movement is merely the beginning, those evil entities behind their masks are showing us just how helpless our Constitution is to protect a cowardly populace which is light years away from the courage of the founders of this nation. Don’t get the idea that I’m somehow promoting nationalism, because in light of what our ancestors did to the Indians and the fact that this country has been at war in all but a handful of the years of its existence, and in light of the fact that our “leaders” have sold out their Constitutional duties of governance for whatever pittance of lucre they deem appropriate for their souls, I’m certainly not advocating for this, or any other country at least as we recognize sovereign nations of humans.

Our real sovereign nation is, and has always been, the Kingdom of Jesus Christ to which we as believers pay our allegiance. We now see how governments of men are, and have always been, at odds with His Kingdom. Men are fallible and tend to wander from righteousness and even from good judgement when it comes to money. They reach that point where there is nothing they won’t do for wealth, especially when wealth becomes synonymous with power – which it always does. Satan took Jesus up on that mountain and promised Him lordship over the world if He would only worship him (Satan). Of course, the Lord Jesus refuse the offer, but through the ensuing years right up to this day Satan has made that and similar offers to unscrupulous men and they didn’t turn him down. That’s why all wealthy men in the world today are totally Satanic and there’s nothing – no evil – of which they are not capable. No matter how revulsive and sickening it looks to “normal” folks. See, Jesus will ultimately have Lordship over the whole world, and His followers will one day reign as kings as well, but not by worshiping Satan – by following the Word of God.

All of the world has been given the chance – through the promises of the Gospel – of an unimaginably wonderful future that will last forever if we but refuse Satan’s offer of wealth, fame, and power here on the earth and accept Jesus Christ as our infallible Shepherd. All of the rich guys whose names are now coming to light because of their unbelievably evil deeds will soon face the wrath of God and they will be required to pay a horrific price for their short time here as the “elite”. Where is Sheldon Adelson? Where is Dick Cheney, Jacob Rothschild, Joseph Stalin? All of those guys took Satan’s bait and unless they repented before the end, it would be safe to assume they are in for an unenviable future – FOREVER! The sad part is that so many of our fellow travelers who are not rich are headed for that same eternity, simply because they refuse to follow the only One who could save them.

The fact is, folks, that each and every one of us have a choice to make, and by not following, or just ignoring the offer of salvation from Jesus, the choice is being made, just as surely as if one were to outright sell his soul for wealth or fame. All who refuse Jesus Christ, especially after these days as the world of evil is being revealed for what it actually is, are headed for an eternity of indescribable sadness and agony. Time is getting short; Palantir and Black Rock are accumulating more wealth and souls for Satan every day; evil is rearing its ugly head; the time to decide is upon us and there will be no going back. Get right with Jesus Christ before it’s too late. Do everything in your power to stop the AI Data Centers – they are evil in every respect, including their insatiable need for water and electricity. Vote against any and every politician who promote those things, no matter what party they profess to serve.

Again, I urge, no I implore you to learn about Jesus Christ while you still have time -you won’t have it long. Please share this message with all whom you love.

May the blessings of the /Almighty Father find and keep us.

MK

Remaining Steadfast in Troubled Times

I’m having one of those days where it’s hard to get going – to get my thoughts together well enough to make a coherent post that can persuade readers to honestly consider what I’m trying to get across. You see, I’m convinced that with all the ominous things that are going on in this old world of late are all pointing to some cataclysmic event(s) that are about to happen and for which many are wholly unprepared. Sure, we all know the world has been on the brink of this awful war we’ve all been dreading, and we’ve been here long enough that folks are turning their minds to other things, things that might normally merit concern of their own accord, but are probably things which might be better left on the back burner – at least for now, because some truly catastrophic times are ahead.

The world has been holding its breath for weeks now as the threat of a war between the US, Israel, and whoever else, possibly the EU, and Iran, Russia, China, North Korea, etc. If this one kicks off, it’s anybody’s guess how much of the world will burn up before it’s said and done. There are some really crazy people in high positions around the world who lack even the most rudimentary leadership ability or even a desire to avoid catastrophe. This is probably the most disturbing element in play and one that has the potential to do the most damage. As a result of the incompetence of this administration, almost all US institutions have lost all credibility. For example, I can remember a time in the not-so-distant past when the FBI was a generally trusted organization that had the genuine respect of most Americans. That’s all gone now, but to be fair, it was well on the way downhill when the FBI did the 9/11 cover up, and before anyone gets their panties in a wad, who can remember how many of the confiscated videos the FBI collected from security cameras at private businesses around the pentagon were eventually shown to the public? That’s right, none of them. Those videos might have shown clearly what kind of aircraft (or missile) actually hit the pentagon, so why was it so important to keep them hidden? But I digress – the point is that very few people with their eyes open trust any institution associated with the US government anymore – especially now that some of the elements of 9/11 are actually being exposed.

The truth is that most of the leadership of the world has been – and is being – exposed as being the corrupted servants of Satan that they have chosen to be. I think it’s quite interesting – but by no means surprising if one is actually a Christian – that much of the to-do going around that’s indicting more and more powerful people are caught up in disturbing and sordid kinds of evil, the Bible specifically points out corruption that involves sexual immorality of one kind or another. As the moral decay of Revelation’s description of the modern Babylon (let the reader decide what place that is) proceeds, the voice from Heaven says she is about to be punished for her acceptance of – and participation in – sexual deviancy: [Revelation 18:3]: “For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the [b]abundance of her luxury.” Sounds like malevolence such as the Epstein events might well play a part in the decline – and destruction – of this “Babylon”.

The mighty men of the world have sold their souls to Satan, and as part of the deal, they are all willing to commit horrendous trespasses against God. All of the malfeasance they sign up for eventually includes them turning against their fellow men at some time or other. They will eventually turn against each other too, for their master Satan holds no allegiance to anyone.

The wealthy have no scruples, they sold their souls to Satan for that wealth, and they will do whatever the demons that possess them lead them to do. That’s one of the hardest things to get across to people – when a man signs on to serve Satan, he does whatever evil that’s put in his possessed heart to do. It’s easy to understand that people might think along the lines of – well, I know he’s crooked, but there’s no way he’d be involved in killing all those people on 9/11. That’s flat wrong! When Satan is in charge of a man, there’s absolutely no limit to the evil he will get involved in. He becomes willing to commit any evil. Think of those demonic personages that gather in all those secretive covens like the Skull and Bones or Bohemian Grove – these people are demon-possessed! We must all acknowledge and accept that Satan is totally evil and all who serve him have agreed to do whatever evil deed(s) their master lays on them to do. Including all kinds of sexual immorality. Including murder – especially when their wealth and social standing ensures they will not be held accountable.

This post is to awaken those who might be of a mind that the evil that is afoot in the world right now will somehow go away and things will go back to whatever our concept of normal might be. That is wishful thinking for we are well beyond the point of no return. The end of this age is rapidly approaching and even a blind person can see that we’re in the final stages of Satan’s foray into the affairs of God’s people. Make no mistake, it is God’s people on whom Satan has declared war [Revelation 12:17]: “And the dragon was enraged with the woman [the Church], and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ”. Bind yourself to Jesus Christ for His protection from here on to the end so as to endure Satan’s attacks.

We might see brutal wars the like of which humanity has never experienced. Natural calamities, floods, huge landslides, volcanoes, and earthquakes are becoming more frequent and more severe. And yes, at some point Christians, even here in the land of the free, will be rounded up for our faith and service to our God. Pray as you’ve never prayed for His mercy and His guidance – we’ve come to a Spiritual minefield and the enemy is using everything in his arsenal to rob us of our salvation, of our dedication to Christ, and by this we know we are truly Jesus’ people, so hang in there – it won’t be much longer. Pray for the courage you need to remain faithful to whatever end that happens. By all means, remember the harvest and do whatever you can to help others who need to hear the Gospel. Help them get to know Jesus Christ and take your part in that great harvest whereby you’ll one day hear Him say: [Matthew 25:21]: ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

Absolutely the greatest and most wonderful statement to ever be heard by human ears and the very definition of success! When we hear that, we will realize that everything we endured, even in these trying times, will have been worth what we experienced! Those who have denied Him will be left out weeping in the darkness – by no means be among them! Find Him while there is time – take your place among His faithful and inherit your mansion!

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us to the end!

MK

The Solution to Whatever Threat Awaits

It’s early in the morning here in the Ozarks and unusually warm for mid-January, but this has been an unusual winter so far. Still, I enjoy this kind of morning because along with the unseasonal temperature, there’s a fog hanging outside – it’s quite damp and raw – not unpleasantly so, and it’s inexplicably quiet. Maybe this is the calm before the proverbial storm, who knows? We’ve all been hearing the incessant beat of war drums for some time now, the president has even unleashed the war hounds, albeit half-heartedly (thank God), in Venezuela and keeps threatening to wreak havoc in Iran, but as of this writing no bombs nor missiles have been launched there. As for myself, I much prefer the eerie quiet of a foggy January morning in the Ozarks over what could otherwise be happening in some places.

Then there’s the ubiquitous threat of earthquakes and volcanoes – especially volcanoes – which have become a daily part of our lives. There’s a new one, Mount Mayon in the Philippines, that has awakened and it seems to be particularly ominous, at least according to the press it’s getting. There are others, and quite a few of them; Semeru in Indonesia, Mexico’s Popocatepetl, Taal in the Philippines, Aso (Japan), Hayli Gubbi (Ethiopia), Etna (Italy), and many, many more. There are a couple of big ones on the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia that are firing off, and lest we forget, Vesuvius and the ominous Campi Flegrei, both within a few miles of each other in Italy are increasingly rumbling to life – either or both of these could adversely influence the whole world’s climate for an extended period if they were to have significant eruptions – especially Campi Flegrei the super volcano. In addition to the climate catastrophe threat, if Vesuvius and Flegrei both were to blow at the same time, there’s a chance that hundreds of thousands, maybe even several million people could be vaporized instantly!

As if the geological threat of volcanoes wasn’t enough, many places in the world are currently being deluged with severe flooding and others with unheard-of snowfalls. Some scientists are theorizing that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current (AMOC) which, among other things, is responsible for the Gulf Stream which helps to moderate the climate of Eastern North America and Western Europe, might be significantly weakening. This would be nothing short of catastrophic for a European continent – especially without Nordstream gas lines from Russia. If I were Merz, Starmer, or Macron, I’d be speaking to Vladimir Putin on a whole ‘nuther level as far as their bellicose attitudes have been. Those pipelines could be restored, and with less hostility and more amicable overtures, Russia might be willing to forgive some of their lunacy and help Europe stay unglaciated during the absence of a Gulf Stream. Do not look to western energy conglomerates for help – those guys could not care less if the European continent freezes if keeping them alive threatens profits. That’s why the pipelines were blown up in the first place, and everyone knows it.

As far as warnings go, we have had prophecies in the Bible from hundreds, maybe thousands of years ago which all point to some horrific times to come upon the earth, especially as the age of the human being winds down. There are lots of people who try their best to decipher and interpret Bible prophecy, but I really don’t believe any one of them possesses the gift to accurately nail them all down. Nor do I believe anyone will – most of the prophecies will be fulfilled and only discerned to be so as they happen – for many reasons, but mostly because of media narratives and or popularly accepted notions that have dubious origins.

One example of what I’m talking about is – and it’s really a big one – that the “return” of “Israel” to the holy land signifies the beginnings of fulfilled prophecy. I remember when I was a kid someone came up with an erroneous interpretation of the fig tree starting to leaf out as being the restoration of Israel by the “Jews”. If one were to say, actually believe what Jesus Christ, the greatest Prophet of all time, said, those people who have moved into the holy land are not Jews, i.e., descendants of Jacob. The people who occupy the geographical nation of Israel are descendants of Eastern European peoples who have nothing to do with Abraham, except that they have arrogated to themselves the identity of the Jew. I’ve heard that DNA tests are not allowed in Israel for fear of revealing this. Since the modern-day inception of “Israel”, all Israeli leaders have changed their names from whatever European monikers they were born with to names that sound Hebraic. For example, the Polish Benjamin Netanyahu’s name was Benzion Mileikowski. The people who occupy Israel today are not Jewish! Therefore, any interpretation of Biblical prophecy that is based on “the children of Abraham” “returning” to the holy land, cannot be viable and that disposes of most “preachers'” interpretations. As stated, the truth (of the occupants of Israel not being Jews) comes from none other than Jesus Christ Himself!

From scripture, it is obvious the people who occupy the land that was once promised to “God’s people”, as Jesus made perfectly clear, are not Jews. [Revelation 3:9]: “9 Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie —indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you”. This mistaken belief also negates current interpretations of other prophecies such as the one that refers to the Gentiles trampling the outer court [Revelations 11:12]:”But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.” If one were to assume the folks over there who call themselves Jews are thus, this would seem to omit them from the Gentiles, but the fact is the people who call themselves Jews are not Jews at all, so this part about the Gentiles is referring to them treading the Holy City underfoot.

The above examples were used only to demonstrate how people, especially those who presume to be preachers, get interpretation of prophecy wrong from the “git go”, so just imagine how many others are wrong too. Then it becomes pretty easy to see just how difficult it really is to figure it all out. The truth is not too many of us have any idea of how things are going to play out, but there is one thing that will never be wrong, and it cannot be. If we place our trust in the Son of God, Jesus Christ, then no matter what happens – no matter how things develop from here on out – we have nothing to worry about for we have His mighty hand of protection over us.

This post is not saying things won’t get really bad and that we won’t come to a bad “end” in this life, but it is saying that once this stage of our existence is finished and we get through that narrow gate, our problems are over and at last we will be free to enjoy true happiness for all of eternity. Even if we have to go through some tough times before this life is over, He has promised that He will be with us and never forsake us through it all. I don’t know about anyone else, but I can’t think of a better companion to be with me, even if my end happens to be in a major volcanic eruption or if I have to get washed away in a flood, I know He’ll be there with me, and that’s all I need to understand.

The worries of this world grow more and more ominous as we near the end. There are certainly wars and rumors of wars, earthquakes, famines, and other dark threats to humankind. That is precisely the way the enemy wants us to feel. He wants us to lose hope, give in to fear of horrible things happening, and even though this post mentions a lot of them, the bottom line here is that, yes there may well be some tough times ahead, but with our hearts and minds set on Jesus Christ, we need not fear what might happen. He knew these things would come about – He warned us of them – but His message is that we have hope as long as we hold onto Him. We might see the dark things coming, but we as Christian believers have no reason to fear them – in fact if we do, we’re playing into the enemy’s plan. Conversely, if we refuse to fear the things that are coming, we can have victory over him.

It is my sincerest hope that the reader will take away a message of hope from this post. Jesus is not delaying His return for no good reason. He awaits the completion of His harvest and none of us knows when that will be. We have no idea of who that last person will be to accept the eternal life that Jesus so graciously offers, but when it happens, things will be finished here. Stop worrying so much about what else you might be able to accomplish here as far as worldly achievements go, for everything here will be burned up (in volcanic eruptions?) and the only thing that will remain will be our record of service to Him. Get on the right side of Jesus Christ while there is time, it’s growing short.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find us and be upon us as our time here is ended.

MK

Emptiness of the Church – and the Heart

I don’t believe that in their hearts, MAGA people are inherently evil, but I do believe the vast majority of them are incredibly ignorant. I also believe this ignorance is part of their psyche by choice. I believe that given a sane and stable society, most of those MAGA grandmas would be much happier making apple pies and tending their flower beds, but after devouring too much Mainstream News rubbish, they allow their interests to be hijacked. Sure, most of them are social conservatives and that isn’t necessarily a bad thing in itself, but to allow media propaganda narratives to leverage that conservatism to seed anger and hatred into their hearts is to begin a journey down a dark road.

Many conservative Americans rightfully believe in God, but too many of them allow men of ill intent to interpret the Bible to them instead of reading it for themselves. If a person chooses to live his/her life according to the Scriptures, they most often find themselves at odds with what these charlatans teach. It’s a choice a Christian has to make, and I fear that choice is behind all of the empty pews in silent buildings once teeming with parishioners. Following the dictates of demonic entities who have invited Caesar into God’s domain, that is allowing politics and the social divisions that result into the discourse of church doctrine perverts the intention of Christ’s covenant.

Although keeping watch on whatever politics arise in society is necessary for all of us, we should not feel compelled to join any faction that comes along, no matter what “God-approved” message they might offer. We’ve seen the tea-bagger movement come (and go), promising an American conservative, back to our roots return to good governance, when it was actually another of a long line of vote-grabbing emptiness, but the ignorant faithful eagerly jumped aboard, just as they have clambered over each other to get onto the MAGA train, which again will lead to nowhere, but the excitement of some new movement seems to win the day every time, always ending up with the same results. Most folks never catch on. And more empty churches come to decay as we come to realize we’ve once again abandoned God for Caesar, and once again to no avail.

Whether or not we like the facts of the matter, we are creatures who are prone to carry massive baggage of fear and/or hatred in our hearts. Satan knows this and is ever watchful of any opportunity to exploit such weakness. Jesus has warned us of this threat; we have to be mindful it’s there. If we carefully watch the news of the day and all of a sudden there seems to be an inexplicable rise in black on white crime, or incessant news articles about white police officers brutalizing black or Hispanic people, you can almost always understand that division is once again being sown, usually to distract us from something that might actually bring such groups together for a common cause – always for the benefit of Caesar. Satan owns Caesar and he always has.

As of today, Caesar has come to us offering everything he knows we want and/or need, but this offer was strictly to get himself into a position where he can further enrich his fellow demon-possessed globalists who have all sold their souls to do the bidding of Satan. Caesar is setting up his final fortress, a system whereby he intends to control the very thoughts of every human on earth. MAGA was the tool this one used to slither into power, and it was the witless MAGA voters who put him there. The man is possessed by Satan, a hapless individual who in reality is no more than a New York City real estate con artist who has been able to gain the support of the ignorant by his cunning learned from the wealthy fraudsters of the city who routinely defraud everyone with whom they have dealings. People who believe in this “Caesar” do not read their Bibles, or if they do, they haven’t been gifted with the discernment to actually realize what he is. Everyone in their right mind knows he is a murderer – google Venezuelan boat attacks or the ambush assassination of General Soleimani. Everyone knows he is a liar – in fact, every word that comes out of this man’s mouth is a lie – he simply cannot tell the truth. He is given to a reprobate mind in that he actually believes – or seems to believe – his own fables. He believes he can create an ornate world to live in, a world that the presidency of the US was never meant to merit. If y’all keep on believing this pathetic creature is a mighty man of God, you do so at your own peril.

What I see happening in these end days is that the hearts of the people are being revealed. Folks can no longer in good conscience hide in the Church house on Sunday mornings so as to pretend they are faithful servants of Jesus Christ – the intents of the hatred and racism in their hearts are now so openly revealed to themselves and to the world that this is no longer possible. Thus, the empty pews – they’ve all gone to follow Caesar. Remember at the crucifixion, the people said [John 19:15]; “But they cried out, “Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!” By leaving their faith to join MAGA and follow Trump and become part of the hatred and vitriol that ensues, they choose to crucify Christ once more and follow Caesar.

It’s not just MAGA, these same people have been prone to follow any movement that comes along that allows – promotes – them to express their hatred for the “other”. As they bend to politics, they leave the faith. The Bible accurately predicted that this would happen in the last days. Now we see it. They’ve finally stopped pretending to be the faithful.

Keep an eye on politics but stay away from them. Satan is very cunning and knows exactly how to leverage every tendency we have, and politics is his tool of choice. Jesus promises us that He will stay with us if we but stay with Him. We cannot do that if we choose to join political movements and follow Caesar. We should be trying to get those churches full of faithful servants again.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us and may Jesus’ Church withstand Caesar’s onslaught.

MK

Where to Go When the End is Upon Us

Here we are folks, on the fourth day of this new year and things are about as dismal for the country – indeed for the whole world – as I’ve ever seen in my 72 and 1/2 years here. As of this post California is enduring some of the worst flooding and coastal erosion they’ve ever had. The Pacific Ocean seems to have declared war on the whole west coast. Even as far up as Alaska, there have been record snowstorms that have actually dropped so much snow that sailboats are sinking in harbors from the sheer weight of the accumulations.

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The north central parts of the US are experiencing snow squalls and blizzards the like of which have not been seen in our lifetimes. The UP of Michigan, and much of the rest of the state are buried in feet of snow, as are Upstate New York and other areas around the lakes. For some odd reason(s) no one seems to be able to explain, the water level of Lake Erie is dropping drastically.

Lake Erie lowest water levels, seiche

In other parts of the world, the massive time bomb of Campi Flegrei in Italy keeps cooking inside and raising the land of Pozzuoli as it threatens to explode in what might be a cataclysmic super eruption. If it goes off, no one knows how much of the western flank of Italy will be obliterated, nor what effects it will have on the rest of the world. Volcanoes, many of which were deemed to be dormant have exploded with unexpected eruptions. There have been some 60 eruptions around the world in the past year. Many extremely powerful eruptions such as the Hayli Gubbi in Ethiopia, the big volcanoes in Kamchatka, and Sumeru and others in Indonesia are currently erupting or have recently. I’m no geologist, but if the Tambora eruption of 1815 could create atmospheric conditions that caused an entire year without a summer, is it too farfetched to imagine that dozens of big volcanoes going off simultaneously such as are today might do the same thing? Might that be why we’re seeing such extreme winter weather in the northern US, Europe, and Russia?

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Widespread droughts, such as the ones in the southwestern US, Iran, and places in Africa are making water a valuable resource. Rivers around the world, many being lifelines through nations, are drying up at a phenomenal rate. Even the Mississippi has seen periods in recent years where it has become unnavigable for the volume of traffic it has served. Perhaps runoff from the voluminous snows in the high Sierra this winter will help with water shortages next spring in Lakes Mead and Powell, but that’s not a permanent solution for the huge requirements of agriculture out west that keep increasing with populations.

Light colored “bathtub ring” around the edges of Lake Mead as the water level drops

As if weather-related or other natural phenomena weren’t enough to foment worldwide pessimism, we also have war, pollution, and other man-made issues that do not bode well for humanity’s future. If a fraction of money and resources were dedicated to improving our lot as are to destroy each other’s nations and kill people, I have no doubt that mankind could drastically improve our collective world, but as long as wealth can be concentrated into the hands of the few who crave more and more, that’s not going to happen. The recent invasion of Venezuela in preparation for massive oil theft won’t be the last act in this production. Satan has a plan for all of humanity, and it doesn’t look good at all for those who opt to face the last days of our future without the benevolent guidance of Jesus Christ – rich or poor.

We have a great and passionate Savior who desires our fellowship and is willing to give us the support and compassion that will take us safely through these troubled times. He promises to give us rest, to give us a reason to hope, not especially for this time of trial, but beyond it. We too often make the mistake of imagining the end of this life to be a huge dark wall representing the end of all things, but there is hope on the other side and we need to be thinking about the other side of it and not about the piteous remains of this side. It doesn’t take a genius to understand that we are facing problems in this world that are of such monumental proportions that we cannot overcome them – neither the natural ones, nor the manmade. Jesus Christ promises that He has something reserved for us on the other side of the big fearsome wall. There is a gate through it, a narrow gate that we must direct all of our energy towards finding. It can be found, but only if we but listen and heed the words of Jesus, but if we continue to ignore His offer of salvation, there is indeed a dark future ahead.

As the darkness approaches, we have crucial choices ahead of us – we can continue to hope to survive whatever the world throws at us, but whatever existence we might come to, no one in their right mind could imagine it to be a prosperous, enjoyable existence. At best we might all become beggars or slaves, watching our loved ones perish for lack of food or medical help, or become tribal hunter-gatherers with hardly a chance at long-term survival, or we can resolve to follow the only One who offers us real hope of an eternal future. Jesus came to save the world, but only if we give Him the keys and let Him take us where we need to go. That’s the only way to real survival – in a very real paradise of eternal joy where there will be no worrying nor suffering of any kind. Jesus is preparing a mansion there for each of us who choose to answer His calling. [John 14:2-4]: “In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.”

With the condition of the world deteriorating around us like it is, it’s beyond irrational to continue to hope for things to get better here in the world, but if we set our sights on the promises of Jesus, we have every reason to hope for the (long-term) future. Get right with Him today – for a far brighter future than anything we can hope for here.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us as the time draws near.

MK

2026 – Another Stage of Our Journey

This is the first post of Folkpotpouri.com of this, the 2026th year of our Lord. Since we all seem to be surrounded with turmoil and a generally bleak outlook left over from last year, I hope to share a generous portion of the hope with which I awakened today. This new year is the beginning of a new time, and it might just be the one we servants of Jesus have long anticipated, a year in which our hopes in the blessed promises we have been given will reveal themselves to be materializing. Indeed, there are portents of marvelous times ahead, possibly this very year, (who knows?) times that faithful servants can realize God’s grace in ways we haven’t heretofore experienced.

Pray then, for the Lord to shower His blessings upon us this year – moreso in the ominous dark days ahead than in past times wherein we found ourselves wanting, both in our servitude to Him and in withheld prosperity because of our shortcomings. Pray that He will examine our hearts and see that our faith and hopes have waxed sincere and that we might approach His throne with pure hearts – and in the obeisance required of faithful servants to participate in His Kingdom; that the abundant blessings of His majestic Providence might shower our new year like never before as the determined enemy spares no effort to force our capitulation into hopelessness.

As we step out into this new world of 2026, into the frosty, wintry day beginning this phase of our journey, let us realize that this episode is not our destiny, but is merely the next step down the pathway that leads us home. The mansion of splendor Jesus is preparing for us awaits across that river we will cross at the end of this stage, and what a Day that will be! Keep that hope in mind and at heart as you take this next step, and never forget, not even for a moment that the Lord Jesus Christ walks beside you with each and every step of the journey – after all, it is He that prepares our mansion so that wherever He is, we may be with Him there, therefore He is with us, His chosen now, in these days while we are still here.

2026 brings us yet closer to our home for which we long with heartfelt sincerity, let’s take it on with a refreshed hope, indeed, that hope which cannot be taken from us as long as we hold onto the hem of His garment. So by all means, hold onto Him and do not allow this merciless enemy to convince you to let go, not in 2026, not ever! If you do not know Jesus yet, let 2026 be the year you come to Him – He’s just outside the door after all.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us through another – hopefully wonderful – year.

With brotherly love,

MK

How To Prevail in This Time of Darkness Upon Us

The mighty power of God is now being unleashed upon the earth. It’s as though some great Spiritual dam has burst through the cosmos, and the earth is being flooded with God’s Spirit with an awesome power the world has not witnessed since the very crucifixion and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.

If you are a believer, this great phenomenon has doubtless tugged at your soul lately. Take it in – it’s for real, but I fear that only God’s chosen and elect are able to discern what’s going on. Things are happening now that will affect our future, the enemy is no doubt aware of the power that is growing against him, and he will no doubt double down on the evil he has nurtured precisely to engage with God’s elect in this great spiritual battle for the ages. Expect him to throw everything he has in his arsenal – those who have not committed their lives to Jesus Christ will be the ones destined ultimately to fall. Those who are spiritually sealed to be God’s anointed will face tribulation but will ultimately prevail and do so in the magnificent protection that only the Son of God can impart to us.

We who have practiced our faith in submission to God’s will are not yet perfect – we have made and will continue to make – mistakes up until we put on that incorruptible existence, but do not doubt that we will reach it. We must not allow those errors and/or imperfections to deprive us of our confidence. Satan will use these missteps to attempt to rob us of our motivation, our confidence. Take heart, God knows we are not yet perfect and will forgive our mistakes. Our mission is to keep our eyes on the things above.

The enemy is putting on a fearsome spectacle that is designed to strike fear into the hearts of everyone, but will only do so in the hearts of those who do not know Christ, and from the news of the day, we learn more and more of the burdens he will impose, but do not allow these threats to create anxiety in your hearts – that is his whole purpose, to create doubt, create fear, but it can only work in hearts that are not sealed into the Kingdom. For those of us who belong to Jesus Christ, our Great and Mighty Shepherd, we need not concern ourselves with the wiles of Satan, [Psalm 23:4]: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.”

Open your eyes to the marvelous works of the Lord that are happening. The great megachurches filled with those who shun the responsibilities God gave us such as helping the orphans and widows, the huge ornate buildings where wealth is encouraged and admired, the congregations we all know as bastions of hypocrisy, are becoming deserted. This is not a blow to Christianity, for those who gather in such places were never a benefit to the Christian faith nor were they a threat to Satan. Nevertheless, according to prophecy, this was destined to happen. When the “man of sin” is to be revealed, he will be exposed as all who reject the teachings of Jesus Christ, such as that the rich will have no place in God’s Kingdom. In today’s “churches”, people are constantly taught what is called the “prosperity gospel” (with a lowercase g) that when they put money into the offering, it will be returned to them and with increase, when all it effectively does is to enrich the false prophet pastors. Now the “faithful” are walking away from these ministries in droves. Hopefully some will move on to seek the true Kingdom of God.

Messages from the truly faithful pastors are becoming more poignant and powerful as we approach the end of the age. This builds courage in the true faithful of Christ, courage that can be sensed in the heart. Sermons are delivered that can intuitively be discerned by the believer to be from the Holy Spirit and the discerning hearts that hear them can see and are starting to rejoice that our Savior is near. We have a new hope growing today in our collective Spirit – a hope that unbelievers cannot fathom in this growing darkness of threats by the enemy. An inexplicable and pure hope the enemy can never dislodge, and he becomes ever more furious as his end approaches, walking about like a roaring lion, but to no avail. We shall not be encumbered with fear and dread of what our future holds because our King has promised to meet us at the end of this rutted and utterly worn-out road we call life. Such a passage was never intended to be our permanent abode, nor shall we consider it to be, nor will we long for it anymore when the time comes for it to be over.

Jesus told His followers some things so beautiful, so appealing they cannot but put our hearts to rest from any and all anxiety. [ Matthew 11:28]: “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” and [John 14:2,3]: “ In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.” Hang on for just a little while longer folks and try as you can to bring others with you.

If you have not yet come to know who Jesus Christ is, I highly recommend that you search Him out while He can still be found. The enemy has plans for some awful events for all humanity, and those who do not know Jesus have no hope at all in the upcoming tempest. We shall all suffer tribulations, but in Jesus we can know we shall endure and emerge victorious over the evil one. Get right with the Lord for the sake your eternal future. The time is short.

Meanwhile, may the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us until the end.

MK

Take Care of Where to Place Your Trust

There’s a lot of information available nowadays if a person wants to learn things. Our innate curiosity leads us into knowledge of events and trends about which we now have the means to explore thanks to the tech age, but we have to be careful what we buy into. You see, a lot of places and you tube channels hawk things on their titles (and/or thumbnails) that are designed to get clicks and do not contain the actual information advertised (or sought). Then there are the ones that have content that is flat out false, and I believe that is a much bigger problem because with AI technology unscrupulous entities are able to produce narratives that require careful scrutiny, otherwise some of us might actually believe them. And why not? We’re not all gifted with the necessary discernment to recognize each truth from each fiction, at least in every case, and with the improvements in conveying what is being passed for reality, that’s getting harder every day.

Having said that, it’s plain we are in constant danger of being misled, often in important ways about important subjects, it’s almost as though we have at our fingertips available narratives to support anything we want to believe. That’s where this Bible verse comes in, [ 2 Timothy 2:3,4]: “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.” So some people are looking for information they know to be suspect – or outright false – because their sources are saying what they want to hear. As responsible adults, especially as Cristians, we have to make every effort to ensure our information sources are trustworthy – even (and often especially) if they are saying things we don’t like. Are we clicking on a thumbnail because we want to see something that might support some preexisting notion we already have, or are we trying to learn something that might be useful to our Spiritual growth? Do we search the menus for things that might serve to satisfy some carnal craving, some want for gossip, or any other of myriad desires that might impede our Spiritual growth rather than enhance it? It almost requires the wisdom of Solomon to discern the intentions of whichever content we choose before we decide whether or not to watch, read, or listen to it.

There are those who simply advise folks to avoid the internet altogether, and if one doesn’t possess the Spiritual agency to recognize truth from fiction, they may be correct in that advice, but I believe it’s possible to explore the web and find genuine content (like Folkpotpourri) that offers helpful and truthful information for practicing Christians. There are many which produce helpful information for everybody and are not necessarily anti-Christian even if they do provide secular information, such as recipes and how-to hacks for do-it-yourselfers. Then there are the documentary type programs, and it’s among these that we have to be careful, because some of the creators are Satanic and can surreptitiously offer content that may seem on the Spiritual up and up, but to the discerning reader, they can be poison. The only way one may tell what they are reading or watching is toxic is by comparing what they say whenever possible, to the Bible, for it is always the Truth.

If a program, website, or video can be 100% backed up with Scripture, it will be beneficial [2 Timothy 3:16]: “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness…” to read (or watch) and heed. One must also be careful to watch out for those servants of malfeasance who manipulate words of Scripture to try and make them appear to say things not intended by the author. This is probably the most irresponsible method of interpretation of the whole Bible, and some folks do it all the time – watch some of the wealthy hucksters that try to pass for ministers, and they do it almost invariably to increase their wealth.

With the advent of artificial intelligence, AI technology and computer graphic imaging (CGI), artificial content can be produced today that in almost every aspect can pass for the real thing, so now we have to be on our toes with what we believe to be true. For example in one case, I watched a video story – obviously AI generated, but nevertheless believable – about a Saudi Arabian airline pilot who was supposedly of the Islamic faith who found his airplane about to crash and kill him and his passengers, so he prayed to Jesus and his plane miraculously was saved and he got into all kinds of trouble with religious authorities when he got home – even ended up in prison. It was a story that any believing Christian would be overjoyed to hear – aside from the prison part – and I even wrote a post on it, but before publishing it I decided to research it a little more thoroughly and to be honest, I only found a couple of other You Tube videos narrating essentially the same story but the pilot had a different name, and no information whatsoever anywhere outside of You Tube. I’m not saying the story is necessarily false, there may be elements of veracity in it and of course, even if it was true the Saudi Arabian government wouldn’t publish any information on such a story, so sources would be expectedly limited, but nevertheless I decided not to publish it. Too much room for it being just a feel-good story for Christian believers but totally false, and on that likelihood, Folkpotpourri did not publish. I have some made-up stories elsewhere on my site, but hopefully they are so obviously made-up that readers know it. If anyone researches the above story and finds anything to verify it, please let me know in comments, I still have the post in draft status and it’s such a great story I’d love to find out it’s true and publish that post on it.

At the end of the day, this writer believes that AI has the potential to be tremendously useful if used for good and decent purposes, but there’s so much room for deceit and disinformation that it can, and probably will be hijacked by nefarious entities for nefarious purposes, and therefore as do all new things with potential, it will become a net misfortune for humanity, possibly even to the point of becoming a fearsome enemy of humanity. In fact, we shouldn’t trust it at all and should warn our fellow travelers not to trust it either. As of this writing, there are some giveaways that reveal most AI productions, some of the repetitious phrasing, video glitches and resolution, repeatedly stumbling over numbers in the script, and so forth, but don’t depend on those to last. AI will continue to be refined until we won’t be able to tell the difference.

I suppose if there is an upside to learning about how we can (and are being) be deceived, all this new information available by all of the various creators of differing political and/or social persuasions has the benefit of providing methodology for us as to how profoundly we have been deceived by our mainstream media over the last decades. At least those who care to know, but unfortunately such information is so unsettling to some folks’ world views, that many choose to ignore it and so will continue to be deceived. But now it’s by their own choice – reality is out there, folks just need to be curious enough to find it. And God once winked at ignorance, but no longer [Acts 17:30]: “Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent…” The apostle in this case was speaking of those who followed after false gods, but the passage can be more broadly interpreted to apply to people believing in things which are not true because they are deceiving themselves intentionally. Fortunately, those who unquestioningly accept everything offered by mainstream news are a dwindling few anymore.

If it ain’t in the Bible, it’s suspect. If it can’t be backed up by Scripture, take it with a grain of salt. If it’s something that doesn’t apply to Scripture, it’s your choice, but be ever discerning.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.

MK

The Fiery Voice of the Mountains Calls to Us

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Folks there’s something afoot. Or if you’re willing to suffer a bad pun – underfoot. I’ve been watching some geology news sites, but you don’t have to get every expert’s opinion to get a rudimentary understanding of the incredible contortions the earth is undergoing right now. Since January there have been something like 65 volcanic eruptions from 58 different volcanoes – imagine that! Just in one year, and some of them have been extraordinarily violent. A couple of weeks ago that one in Ethiopia, Hayli Gubbi, erupted; a volcano that had been previously classified as extinct! In scientific geological classifications that means for all intents and purposes – dead. That thing cut loose with a tremendous eruption for the first time in recorded human history after sleeping some 12,000 years – totally unexpectedly.

I’ve mentioned in other posts about the super volcano Campi Flegri showing signs of stirring to life. That one is supposedly capable of serious earth-threatening eruptions and there are about three million people in and around the danger zone. That’s only the people in the immediate area of threat, but if it launches a super eruption, who knows what kind of threat it poses to all of the planet? Campi Flegri sits within a few kilometers of Mount Vesuvius, the big one that wiped out Pompeii and Herculaneum back in 79 A.D. Scientists are now speculating – with good evidence – that both Vesuvius and Campi Flegri are connected in their underground magma plumbing, and there’s evidence that Flegri and Vesuvius have erupted simultaneously in the past, and they think both share a capacious magma chamber so if either of them goes off, there might be a twofer. That would undoubtedly take out the whole area, including the approximately three million people living in and around Naples!

Volcanoes are classified according to their potential for explosive eruptions, presumably based on prior eruptive activity. The scale used is expressed in the volume of material they eject, and they use many inputs to arrive at this. It’s called the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI)and there are charts to show just how potent their past eruptions have been. The eruption power is calculated using the presumed volume of ejecta and that comes from studying the land strata around the volcano, sometimes the material, or tephra, is even found in other countries even around the world if the eruption was powerful enough. The tuft from given volcanoes has some kind of signature elemental composition so it can be identified as to where it came from.

Volcanoes - frequency and distribution

Using the above chart, you can see that Mt. Saint Helen’s 1980 eruption was classified as a VEI 5, so even though it was colossal to see on video, it’s sort of minor compared to a super volcano like Yellowstone – or Campi Flegri. Campi Flegri is really the one that scientists are concerned about as of now due to the activity – earthquakes, steam vents, and gas content being released from the (growing) number of fumaroles indicate that an eruption may be in the offing sometime soon. The lives of potentially millions of people could be at risk if it goes off in a super eruption. There is the possibility that it might erupt in some less explosive event, say a minor eruption, or even a VEI 1 (notice on the chart VEI 1 is described as “gentle”???), but any eruption at all would threaten hundreds of thousands of people, especially if there was no “warning”.

As far as a warning goes, I can’t think of anything else the Flegrean Fields could possible do, short of announcing it’s intention over a loudspeaker of the precise moment of eruption. Everything a restless volcano can do to indicate an impending eruptive event has been done. Precursory activity including melting roads, buildings so hot they burn your hand, constant earthquake tremors cracking walls and ceilings – all have been going on for a while now. Authorities have understandably been reluctant to sound the evacuation alarm – especially when they have done so in past years when the ground uplift became extreme but nothing happened. Residents left and went to other places only to see that after a while the subsidence reversed and nothing happened. This is the danger of the “boy who cried wolf” attitude of the folks who live there and most of them are willing to gamble that it will once again be a false alarm. But what if it ain’t?

If there is a super eruption at Campi Flegri that kills hundreds of thousands of people, the history books (assuming that the cataclysm doesn’t wipe out humanity – ash clouds creating volcanic winter, etc.) will no doubt be replete with accusations that no one gave the people any warning, or that folks just didn’t understand the magnitude of the threat. Considering the status of events in and around Pozzuoli and the Bay of Naples with the extreme and rapid rate of land rise – there’s actually some areas of boiling water in the bay – and repeated earthquakes, folks, especially folks with kids, need to consider the possibility of existence in some other place. Vesuvius has already taught lessons in Pompeii and Herculaneum of what it can do, but if Flegrei bangs out a super eruption, it’s going to make Vesuvius’ 79 AD event look “gentle”.

There are other considerations regarding all of the volcanoes erupting in the world recently. Maybe the Almighty God has finally decided to deal with a human race that has completely turned away from Him. We are told in the Bible that this age of mankind will end in fire. [2Peter 3:7]:“But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and [b]perdition of ungodly men.” and again in verse 10: But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. and verse 12: looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?

Peter obviously had been foretold of the coming end of humanity and the very world we live on for he quite plainly said that the world would end in fire. With the simultaneous eruptive activity of all the volcanoes, that might just be the plan. It’s still hard to imagine the heavens being dissolved, but he’s talking about the physical heaven, the sky, rather than the Spiritual Heaven which will never be ended.

When you get time, research the Siberian Traps, a time in geologic history during the Permian/Triassic boundary when the whole world was almost emptied of all life due to monstrous volcano activity in Siberia. The event lasted for two million years! Volcanoes can end the world in a cataclysmic holocaust, and it may just be getting started. This might indeed be the way God chooses to disrupt evil and put an end to a world which has chosen to try to exist without Him.

This old hillbilly has made his choice. [Joshua 24:15]: “And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

No matter how ominous the threat(s) we face in this life – wars, earthquakes, floods, or even these horrible volcanoes – such dire events need be of little consequence to those of us who follow Jesus Christ, for He alone is able to preserve us. We might come to a nasty end on this side, but when we walk through that glorious door, He will be standing there smiling to welcome us to our real home, the one He prepared for us before human time began. He will tell His own [Matthew 25:34: “Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: ” And for those of us who believe, we have nothing at all to fear, He already conquered death, so even though in this upside down life we’re conditioned to believe we should fear it, it is not a threat to us.

There are a lot of terrible things happening in the world around us – the prophets told us it would be this way; Jesus and the apostles said these days would come upon us. Do not be alarmed nor afraid. When Jesus Christ has your back, you’re going to be ok, just keep the faith; spread the Word – He is coming back (I believe very soon), so be ready. Bring as many with you as will come, right now that’s our main focus: [Matthew 9:37,38]: “Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore, pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” He’s sending us right now. We gotta be those laborers! Forget worldly pursuits and everything else – time is short! The mountains are starting to bubble up. Let’s find as many of His sheep as we can round up. Share this post anywhere you think it might do some good.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.

MK