John UK wrote:
imminent return of the Lord Jesus Christ?

Question: 'Can we mere mortals provide a definitive solution? - Or will it arrive like a thief in the night? When we least expect. 1Thes 5:2.

2Tim 3:1ff provides an interesting construction of the quote "Last days"
Described as perilous times which these times appear to be. Christians today are watching terrible developments such as the increase of sodomite abominations among the nations. Abortions the murder of innocent babies. Moral decline in the state AND the churches, (Liberalism - A form of 'godliness to stay away from. Verse 5)

Verses 2,3 and 4 list many of the sins we observe around us today. = "lovers of their own selves" - Vain and conceited - A good description of many in this generation.
"Blasphemers" - All the time today.
"Despisers of those that are good" - Sounds like an attack on Christians, which certainly is happening in the nations.
"Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God" Which is definitely a modern trait in the nations today.

True Faith deals with all mans iniquities.

The fallen and reprobate world has been living in sins influence and under Satan’s influence since the beginning. The Remnant has fought against this evil world also since the beginning.

Sin blinds the reprobate under Satan’s dominion.

Neither of them like authority of any description.

All these wrangling disputes of carnal reason against the word of God come at last to this head: whether the first and highest part in disposing of things in this world, ought to be ascribed to God or man? Men for the most part have vindicated this pre-eminence for themselves by exclamations that it must be so, or else God is unjust, and his ways are unequal.

Never did any men, more eagerly endeavor to erect this BABEL than the ARMINIANS, the modern blinded patrons of human self sufficiency.

All their innovations in the received doctrine of the reformed churches aim at, and tend towards, is one of these two ends:
FIRST. To exempt themselves from God’s jurisdiction – to free themselves from the supreme dominion of his all-ruling providence

James 4:1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God."

James 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God."

Mike wrote:
CDC says influenza season is October through May. CDC stops reporting flu data in early April, though it was a bad season. April 14: CDC adds "probable" Covid cases to confirmed cases in reporting data. Flu didn't go on vacation, perhaps it went to Covidland as a temp worker.

"Anarchism in the US began in the mid-19th century and started to grow in influence as it entered the American labor movements, growing an anarcho-communist current as well as gaining notoriety for violent propaganda of the deed and campaigning for diverse social reforms in the early 20th century.

post-WWII era, anarchism regained influence through new developments such as anarcho-pacifism, the American New Left and the counterculture of the 1960s.

In contemporary times, anarchism in the US influenced and became influenced and renewed by developments both inside and outside the worldwide anarchist movement such as platformism, insurrectionary anarchism, the new social movements (anarcha-feminism, queer anarchism and green anarchism) and the alter-globalization movements." (Wiki)

Communists are apparently so afraid of any other "ideology" they have to threaten the people with poverty, starvation and even death to make their fictitious political myth acceptable.

Like Stalin, the Chinese bureaucrats resort to coerce, oppression and threat to establish their belligerent political despotism.

Intelligence is left at the front gate in Chinese politics. But many sycophants serve their masters well??

Wonder where Flu has been this year?

Destroying the past is about who ‘owns’ the future.
As George Orwell points out.

Big Brother Liberalism is taking over.

‘Normal’ people will be pushed aside as decisions are made.

Right question.
Right answer.

May the Lord continue with His work in India.

Sadly Satan will continue with all his heresies.

"the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration:
Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society." (Dictionary.com)

The LORD's statement on this is....
Rom 12:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good" (Word of God)

We would expect the elected Government to seek the best available advice and apply that to all people under their jurisdiction.

Apparently it is one of these modern phenomenon which the modern generation waste their time with like the so called "smart phones".

Progress today in technology is electronic gadgetry - or toys for adults. Some of the comments on this phenomenon has identified it with an intelligence dumb down.

One of the facts of life we Christians think about is the 'End of creation" - I can imagine that many of today's technology generation when the big conflagration arrives will dive for their 'god' - a smart phone to save it.

Meanwhile their "smart" attitude to their eternal soul is to ignore salvation and carry on playing with their toys.

Technology is of course limited by mans little brain, whereas eternal life is under God's omnipotent jurisdiction.

Mans progress in this world whether technology, science, knowledge or theology is limited to moving slowly and gradually to tomorrows conclusion.

With God however 'progress' is completely unnecessary. HE is already there. And always has been.

Prov 29:16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

A descriptive word for voters is "Fickle"

As with the last US election which Donald Won we could say that the American voters proved somewhat fickle too.
I think even Donald was surprised that he won.
== Populism???

This years elections should be interesting to say the least. Democrats will be pushing perhaps even harder than they ever have; - To prevent being 'Trumped' yet again!!

However Biden doesn't appear to be of the right material for the job!!

So! Four more years????
(The world will give an audible groan).

Jim Lincoln will be audibly sick as a parrot.