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Security
August 4, 2012

The Olympics are well underway in London, and security is always a major concern for major public events. Terrorism, lone individuals plotting evil, and random acts of mass violence, along with all routine times of crime are all concerns. The best we can do as a society is to spend millions of dollars on security. For the Olympics, Great Britain returned soldiers stationed in foreign countries to help with this responsibility. This is on top of the private security firm, local and national law enforcement, and a sophisticated network to monitor behavior in public. Considering God, and the need for security and public safety, it brings to mind what is written about this topic in the Bible, and what is recorded for us is a future time when people will be told in advance what is right and what is wrong.

Isaiah 30:20-21
And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

What these verses show is that at a future time, God is going to interdict behaviors before they become problematic. It seems in the modern era, God is pretty hands-off in what is happening on earth. Sometimes you answer a fool according to their folly, and sometimes you answer a fool not according to their folly. It seems like God is allowing the evils of this world to become easy to see, and at a future time, it will be as easy to see the good that exists in doing things God's way. At some future time, things will be so bad, we really will want people directly looking out for us. The Bible shows that things will get worse before it gets better, and evil that is seen today will become worse.

Matthew 24:21-22
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

Things will get so bad because of the evil on this planet that life as we know it will be threatened. Because other scriptures write about battles and conflicts, this threat will likely come from some type of warfare and at this current moment in time, this would limit options to nuclear or biological warfare. But even in this verse, God indicates he will protect those who are his. Exactly how God might do this is indicated in the Book of Revelation.

Revelation 9:1-4
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

Without using any type of technology, God is going to know who his people are through this seal on the forehead. Science has shown that the forehead is where executive functioning takes place, where we individually and purposefully choose to act. Those who choose to obey God are his children, and will be protected from this future evil time. The greatest security we can have in the long term is not to rely on man. Man might help with security in the short-term. It is God who will help with security in the long-term.

All verses are from the King James Version.
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