{"id":194,"date":"2011-08-08T13:27:55","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T17:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/isittheendoftheworld\/?p=194"},"modified":"2011-08-08T13:27:55","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T17:27:55","slug":"wars-and-rumors-of-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/isittheendoftheworld\/2011\/08\/wars-and-rumors-of-wars.html","title":{"rendered":"Wars and rumors of wars&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the book of Matthew, chapter 24, Jesus told the apostles (who had inquired) that among the signs of the end of the age would be &#8220;wars and rumors of wars.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s here. <\/p>\n<p>Yahoo!News is reporting that the burger wars have erupted in San Francisco, with Super Duper supplanting Johnny Rocket&#8217;s. <\/p>\n<p>Okay, that was my lame attempt at stand-up today. We have to inject some humor into our world today, don&#8217;t we? I mean, if we don&#8217;t laugh about it, we cry, right? I&#8217;d rather watch some Laurel and Hardy, or read a good joke-book rather than obsess about the difficulties in today&#8217;s world.<\/p>\n<p>And yet there is a small lesson to be learned in my ham-handed attempts to sandwich some Bible teaching between today&#8217;s news. Okay, I&#8217;ll stop.<\/p>\n<p>Although I feel that Bible prophecy is more relevant than it&#8217;s ever been\u2014shockingly relevant\u2014we still sometimes miss it. We point to certain signs as being &#8220;bullet-proof&#8221; evidence that certain prophecies are just right at the brink of breaking open.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of wars is just such a problem. When we focus on one element of Bible prophecy (earthquakes, wars, etc.), we can sometimes be wrong about timing.<\/p>\n<p>For example, there have always been wars, for the most part. Taken as a single issue, we would not be correct in stating emphatically that we are living in the last of the last days.<\/p>\n<p>Taken collectively, though, various signs point to just such a scenario and outcome. Wars are indeed part of the last-days environment, but you&#8217;ll have to wait until tomorrow to read about my latest discovery that, ironically\u2014deliciously\u2014comes courtesy of the New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll be amazed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the book of Matthew, chapter 24, Jesus told the apostles (who had inquired) that among the signs of the end of the age would be &#8220;wars and rumors of wars.&#8221; Well, it&#8217;s here. Yahoo!News is reporting that the burger wars have erupted in San Francisco, with Super Duper supplanting Johnny Rocket&#8217;s. 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