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We are crossing a threshold and entering into a period of unprecedented tumult: social, economic, environmental and geopolitical. Certainly, there have been such challenges in times past, but this has the potential of overshadowing all previous eras. The time-vector of history is at a cusp, ready to radically change direction and magnitude without warning. The nations roar and the kings of the earth conspire. The earth groans and waits – expectantly and in awe. 1

How does one prepare for such times? Preparation begins in the heart, becoming right with our Creator God, and knowing Him though His Son, who truly is the way, and the truth, and the life. As the tide turns and rolls in, and the storms of life assail, I realize more and more that we live and breathe solely by the grace of the living God, and by His grace alone. Solely by His mercy we are not consumed. Time, and time, and time again, He has spared me from certain destruction. Solely through the shed blood of Jesus Christ can we have forgiveness of sins, access to His throne of Grace, and the promise of eternal life with Him. Without Jesus there is no hope!

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Tumultuous times are times of opportunity. Please pray for wisdom, discernment, and endurance as we endeavor to encourage and prepare our families, neighbors, co-workers, and men and women of our armed forces to be ready for these times. Pray that, like the sons of Issachar, we would have an understanding of the times, to know what we ought to do. It is our prayer that through our Bible studies with service men and women at Buckley Air Force Base, God will continue to draw men and women to a saving, personal relationship with Jesus Christ, to equip them to be laborers, and to prepare them for the coming age. Through endurance, through networking, and through personal faith in Jesus Christ we can endure and overcome!

I believe that God is placing His laborers in key positions, both visible and discreet, high and low, close to home and far a field, to encourage the fainthearted, to minister to the lost, and to build up the saints as times get tough. His Holy Spirit is building up an army of disciples, even now! It is worth any cost to be used by God for His glory, however He chooses. Please pray with us, and prepare for tumultuous times ahead!

Colaboring in the Gospel,
Pete Dunn
Petros2002@earthlink.net
January 27, 2003 AD

This prognostication is not simply conjecture, nor is it particularly prophetic, for it has already been written or all to see – and we should be reading the Book. Neither is the timing certain, but that is not important, for the prophetic writers of Scripture were not certain of much of the timing either. But their validity is certain. What is important is that they led their lives expectantly, redeeming the time, and they invested in eternal issues: the Word of God and the souls of people. And so should we.