A Good Time to Prepare

The mission of the gospel is the whole point of living.

I know this picture doesn’t really look like much, but it represents about 200 yards of the roadside I cleared this morning. The foliage previously jutted out into the traffic lane to the point it was scratching vehicles that passed by, unless they drifted left almost across the center line. It was my contribution to Independence Day festivities.

Do you see how this glorifies our Lord? Do you see how this is the gospel in action? It wasn’t just because I was annoyed by the foliage when I rode past on my bike; it was a problem for everyone who uses this road. Why the county road crews have done nothing for the several years it was a problem I cannot say, but I took care of it.

You must live the gospel in your daily existence. All the more so do we pursue His glory during times of chaos. His promise is not that we avoid tribulation, but that He empowers us to handle it in a way that reflects His glory. His glory is always in our best interest; it’s always consistent with His intention for us.

In my convictions, a mandatory vaccine would cross that line in the sand, representing the Mark of the Beast. That may not be the case for you; it’s between you and the Holy Spirit. I can tolerate a lot of evil that I cannot control, but my conscience demands I draw the line with something that invasive and so clearly intended to harm. Those not killed by the virus risk being killed by the vaccine, or by starvation from economic distress.

Look for the homeless population to swell. I could easily be among them if things go badly here in Oklahoma. Up to now, I’ve sensed things will go well here, that we have a good chance our leaders will refuse to play along with bad federal policy. I can’t guess what you’ll face where you live. You’ll have to prayerfully watch that for yourself. But I can tell you I’m quite ready and willing to go on the run, to seek a safe refuge, if that becomes necessary. Unless there’s a viable and significant organized resistance, there’s not much use in violence. I won’t say no use, but not much. Folks, it really will be that bad.

And I’m quite serious when I suggest the SJWs will do their darnedest to close off any access to publication they don’t approve of, particularly on the Net. I’m convinced there is a high probability of my other blog being shut down in the coming months. Even this blog is somewhat at risk; already the mail service attached to this blog is blocked by a lot of ISPs. We may have to resort to some kind of encrypted private communications other than email and blogs.

But while it’s still possible, I’m encouraging all you to make sure for yourselves that you are ready to face this with little or no communication. When it’s gone, it will be sudden and without warning. Here are the email addresses I use right now:

jehurst@gmail.com
ehurst909@gmail.com
ehurst@radixfidem.blog
br073n@outlook.com
jhurst18@cox.net

The first is my oldest, from way back when Gmail was still new. The second one is more recent. Again, the one in the middle may not be able to send to your address. The Outlook account is paid for (part of Office 365), and it has been quite reliable. The last is my home ISP account. Keep in mind that, so far, the forum has been quite safe, and features a means for passing private messages. If every other means of publication goes down, the forum will be the fallback. It would be very easy to make it members only.

You’ll have to decide how much these things matter to your in your Kingdom service.