"...ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?"

For [ wo ] men will be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,  Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,  Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God,  Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof ...   Little wonder then that the great apostle Paul then adds: From such turn away.  And correct my scriptural misapplication if you must, folks, but the context of his words seems to be including so-called 'Christians' as much as it surely is the unbelieving world at large... So, yep, just as 'not all that glitters is (in fact) gold', not everyone 'naming the name of Christ' Jesus is in reality one of the King's true dinkum kids, but, as the selfsame apostle states elsewhere, The Lord knoweth them that are [ H]is. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ de...

And although this particular blogpost was neither prompted nor occasioned by it, a little booklet Yours Truly chanced upon and has since carefully perused, digested and subsequently treasured...deals with this selfsame matter/subject... ... GOD'S AMAZING SEAL in His written Word 777: Astounding New Discoveries of intricate numeric patterns in the Holy Bible ... 'largely based on the writings of Dr. Ivan Payne  who spent more than 50 years of research into Bible numerics'... Incidentally, this blogpost, my 11th upon this blogsite, is my 670th overall (6 +7 = 13); upon this the 21st of June, 2020 (New Zealand time, anyhow): 2+1 +6+ 2+2 (=13)... Nuff Said!

Except to add that it's very appropriate to do so at a time when conspiracy theorists with a fairly superficial approach to, and surface reading of the Scriptures, especially the Book of Revelation , are fairly running rampant with the perennial digital imprint theory of things...aka the likes of Bill Gates, no less... But sorry to disillusion y'all. folks, the devil's a far more cunning and subtle, much craftier foe than that... ...but as for the world presently facing its biggest financial downturn/reverse in 150 years, though that might be pushing it, certainly we're globally facing the greatest depression, surely, since the Great Depression itself... And as for the use of boycotts to effect 'community' will, one need surely look no further than the latest daily news to see that sort of thing coming to the fore more and more...

(From the opening words of chapter fifteen, 'The Final Crisis', from Prophet of the End  (Vance Ferrell); with extensive direct quotations from the writings of Ellen Gould White, at one time - and perhaps still? - the world's most prolific female author.)