| (Copyright 2024) by Richard Markland (London, Ohio) |
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| Is it any wonder the majority of people are turned off and tuned out by today’s news? Meaningful and extensive in-depth coverage is nonexistent because America’s networks cherry pick what they consider is newsworthy. The mainstream media has gone lamestream by avoiding significant news that is taking place globally, because America is domesticated in its mindset of what is considered relevant. You can hardly blame anyone for not watching news that is mostly insignificant tabloid fluff. The way it is presented is accepted as the status quo, even though trivial, mundane, boring and embarrassing. The nation’s news outlets employ “newscasters” and “journalists” who talk about problems, but do not offer solutions. It’s glaringly obvious a political agenda is the driving force behind the way the news is reported. It has resulted in continual personal opinions by reporters and news anchors who repeat what they say over and over. Bias is evident, whether from a liberal or conservative standpoint. The major focus is on domestic issues, and what’s taking place beyond the country’s backyard is neglected. Problems are increasing and mounting by the day around the world, yet how many people are aware of events in other countries? Tragically, Americans are not well informed, and do not demand more than what is offered. Nothing can drown out what is really important like an election season. News anchors and journalists spout political agendas on both sides of the aisle on a constant basis. The upcoming U.S. election in November is an obsession by all major news outlets. They are completely out of touch with what is taking place globally because the attitude is one in which the world is America, and America is the world. It’s obvious to anyone who watched national and world news 50 or 60 years ago that hard-hitting news has gone AWOL. Millions of viewers today are being mentally manipulated, but don’t realize it. Repetition numbs the mind when video footage, accompanied by personal narratives, are repeated over and over, day after day. Whether it’s a conservative or liberal stance, it’s pure madness! Tragically, because of not being globally informed, Americans are soon going to realize that global occurrences can’t be avoided. “Thief in the night: events will soon be at America’s doorstep, and most Americans are going to be taken by complete surprise. Physical problems demand spiritual answers, but it’s the last thing the majority of people want to hear or consider. Why? Because the Bible is portrayed as something it isn’t. The nation’s clergy spout words from pulpits across the country, yet few realize approximately one-third of the Bible is prophetical. What is being taught in the majority of churches across the country is totally irrelevant when it comes to a world spinning out of control. Mankind’s track record for the last 6000 years is one in which the word failure sums up man’s attempt to solve problems. Attempts to solve the world’s ills are equivalent to a hamster on a wheel approach day after day. The destruction and mounting chaos on a global scale is obvious to anyone who is willing to look beyond the way news is presented today and realizes there is far more than what is seen or heard. Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28 describes what is happening not only today, but what is going to happen in the near future on a far greater scale. The words are God’s mind in print, and describe the blessings for obedience, and curses for disobedience. America, the British descended peoples and the Jewish nation of Israel are paying deadly consequences for disobedience. Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 describes not only what is happening with more frequency on a global scale today, but will happen in a far greater way in the days ahead. There is, however, hope beyond today’s headlines. The Bible says in Matthew 24:22 – “And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved (alive): but fore the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.” It means the world is not going to end in nuclear annihilation, but God will intervene, and this present age will be replaced by his kingdom when Christ returns. It will be a world in which peace will become an absolute reality. There will be no war, no hunger, economic prosperity for everyone, sound families, no crime and even the nature of all animals will be changed. Every single problem that exists today will be a thing of the past. This world will come to see that its way doesn’t work, but first it will have to come to the realization that the necessary changes that must be made will have to be on God’s terms. It is the only way the unsolvable will be solved. Such a world promised is beyond man’s reach without God. When watching the news, it’s easy to feel depressed because it’s an open testimony of what happens when God is not looked to as the world’s problem solver. We are living in the last days of this present age, and only when Christ returns, and establishes the Kingdom of God, will there be true peace and prosperity as the Bible describes. It is more than obvious that spiritual answers are the only solution to what is taking place worldwide. The Coming Age of Global Peace Isaiah 65:21-25 – “In those days people will live in the houses they build and eat the fruit of their own vineyards. (22) Unlike the past, invaders will not take their house and confiscate their vineyards. For my people will live as long as trees and my chosen ones will have time to enjoy their hard-won gains. (23) They will not work in vain, and (will live a complete and full life) their children will not be doomed to misfortune (will not die when they are young). For they are a people blessed by the Lord, and their children, too, will be blessed. (24) I will answer them before they even call to me. While they are still talking about their needs. I will go ahead and answer their prayers! (25) The wolf and the lamb will feed together. The lion will eat hay like a cow. But the snakes will eat dust. In those days no one will be hurt or destroyed on my holy mountain (in God’s Kingdom). I, the Lord have spoken it.” |
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