Tragedy

Apocalypse in Israel: Is Mass Murder and War a Sign of End Times?

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Apocalypse in Israel or not, trauma is a daily episode in the modern world.

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Israeli soldiers inspect the music festival attack site on October 13, 2023/Associated Press

Survivors of the Supernova music festival in southern Israel say the scene looked like the apocalypse.

  • Sky full of rockets at 6:30 AM
  • Suiciders blocking exits
  • Shooters everywhere

“This may be the most dangerous time the world has seen in decades.” Jamie Dimon, CEO JP Morgan Chase, 10/13/2023

The chief executive of the world’s largest bank said the terror attack in Israel and the Ukraine war have far-reaching effects on trade, markets and relationships for years to come.

The Bible details a number of alarming signs for “the end of the age.”

Here are two unfolding today with growing lethality.

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Maui Wildfires: 3 Essential Survival Tips You Must Know Now

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The Maui wildfires are the deadliest in the U.S. in over 100 years.

  • 2200 structures burned
  • 115 found dead so far
  • 850 remain missing
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Destroyed homes and cars, Aug. 13, 2023, Lahaina, Hawaii/AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

If you lost everything in a wildfire, could you survive?

“You ever seen hell in the movies? That is what it looked like. Fire everywhere. Dead people.” Kekoa Lansford, Lahaina resident

Three parachutes allow anyone to survive the worst disasters. Not avoid, but survive.

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Sick and Tired of Mass Murder? Then Do This

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Sick and tired of mass murder in America?

The USA has suffered 213 mass shootings since January 2022.

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Shooting victim Nevaeh Bravo in Uvalde, TX/Allison Dinner/AFP via Getty Images

Animals don’t commit mass murder.

Sick human beings do.

I say “sick” because why else does someone murder children?

Salvador Ramos shot his grandmother before murdering 21 at Robb Elementary School.

Just days earlier, ten were shot dead in a racially motivated attack at a Buffalo, NY supermarket.

According to the Gun Violence Archive, mass shootings in the USA totaled . . .

  • 693 in 2021
  • 611 in 2020
  • 417 in 2019

Why does God allow something like this?

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Three Outstanding Gifts Relieve Trauma in a Coronavirus Christmas

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Three gifts from Charles Dickens light up your 2020 Christmas.

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Sasanqua Camellia ‘Yuletide’ flowers/ Athens,TX/December 2020

Savor them for a meaningful and fulfilling holiday season.

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How America Can Rescue Tragedy for Triumph

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This tragedy, the brutal murder of George Floyd, is horrific.

And then we watched mobs. . .

  • beat old women
  • shoot police officers
  • steal everything in sight
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Looting in New York after George Floyd death/Bryan R. Smith/Getty Images

How many innocent Americans have they hurt?

How many have they murdered?

How do we put our society back together?

For some reason, Tyler Perry popped into my head.

No, not Madea.  Tyler Perry.

Turn tragedy into triumph
Tyler Perry turning tragedy into triumph/Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock

Tyler was born into the tragedy of a raging alcoholic father.

Abuse swarmed him and his mother day and night.

He didn’t even finish high school, so he cornered a GED.

And yet Forbes listed Tyler Perry as the highest paid man in entertainment by 2011.

“My childhood was a story of discouragement, belittlement and unthinkable abuse, and yet I rose above.”  Tyler Perry, Higher is Waiting

More than ever, folks in America are growing up in abusive homes.

I did.  That’s why I admire Tyler Perry.  He navigated abuse for 21 years before leaving home.

Racism and inequality are bad enough, but pile on abuse, and success is much harder.

Tyler Perry overcame all three.

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