How to prepare for the End and other difficulties.
Knowing that the EOT is coming and that there may be a chance we will have to face it, a wise person needs to start thinking about how to prepare. This section is about how to do just that: PREPARE FOR THE END OF TIMES OR OTHER CATASTROPHIES.
Preparing for a new way of life
There are two things for you to think about. The first is the obvious one, what will life be like during the Tribulation. The second is what will life be like just before the Tribulation where you live. Let’s look at life under the tribulation first.
In the very beginning of the Tribulation, life will be not much different for the average person than what they experienced right before the start of the Tribulation. The average person will go to work, and live their lives more or less the same. This will be the transition point. Slowly, or maybe really fast, we don’t know, life will start to change for those who follow Christ. You will be part of an oppressed minority. Some jobs will not be open to you, some stores will refuse to serve you and your daily life will slowly be changed. Eventually the full impact will happen and you will find you are not welcome. The government will not be on your side, your neighbors will not be on your side.
The final blow will be when the Mark of the Beast starts to be used. Imagine a tattoo or RF Id chip that is placed under your skin. In order to buy or sell anything you will eventually be forced to take the Mark. That includes buying water and paying your rent.
So if you were ‘lucky’ enough to make it until that point with no real impact in your life you would suddenly find yourself forced to either take the mark or become homeless or without water, gas and electricity. You would not be able to go to the grocery store to buy food. Basically your life would suddenly become unlivable, especially if you live in a city.
In the cities life would be the hardest. Everyone in a city is required to be hooked up to the electric grid. Your water is from the city/county water system and gas is generally from a municipal system also. In some parts of norther United States people use fuel oil instead of natural gas to heat their homes, and even have wells to provide their water, but electric is still on a municipal system. Those who live in rural areas still may have to contend with some of their utilities being on a municipal system. Only those people who truly live off the grid won’t have these issues. The rest are required to pay someone for the necessities of life.
Food is another issue that of course will cause you problems. No more trips to Walmart for groceries. Now if you live in a rural area, maybe you grow most of your own food already. If not, you too are dependent on the system. This will be a major problem as the ‘system’ will no longer be supportive of you. As a matter of fact the system will now be your enemy unless you have the Mark.
If you live in a country that is not on the list of nations that are mentioned during the end of times or are not part of the Anti-Christs confederation, then how the end will affect you is kind of unknown. But there are some rather logical assumptions that we can make about it.
If your country is powerful now, it won’t be then. Most likely it will either have suffered a major reversal in power, either through natural catastrophe or man caused catastrophe. Man caused issues include revolutions, civil wars, major ecological catastrophes and or a mixture of these. THIS WILL TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE TRIBULATION almost guaranteed.
Having lived through 2020, most of the world can attest to one way things can change easily and rather quickly. COVID has impacted most of the world and not in a good way. It could have been and still could be worse.
So those on the out will have issues; international good will not be readily available. This includes oil. Which means gas for our cars will be in limited supply. Society will become much more divided and less open and excepting. People may not be living under the Anti-Christ, but his influence will be everywhere as this is his time to rule. So how do we prepare for a world and a life that is nothing like the life we live right now? Well the first thing to do is understand that all you are used to is going to be gone. Accept this and then start planning.
I will be dividing the planning and preparations into three stages. They will cover the three different time frames that are possible. They are:
IMMEDIATE- this is what you need to prepare for in case everything comes undone in the next few days, weeks or months.
INTERMEDIATE - this is the second step and it is based on the idea we have a few years to prepare.
LONGTERM - The long term is an assumption that we have more than five years to prepare. This stage also includes the possibility that none of this happens in our lifetime. (Not that I feel that this is a strong possibility.) (See how long do we have)
As I post I will put either IM, IN, LT in the titles of each post, so that you will know what the post relates to.
There are two things for you to think about. The first is the obvious one, what will life be like during the Tribulation. The second is what will life be like just before the Tribulation where you live. Let’s look at life under the tribulation first.
In the very beginning of the Tribulation, life will be not much different for the average person than what they experienced right before the start of the Tribulation. The average person will go to work, and live their lives more or less the same. This will be the transition point. Slowly, or maybe really fast, we don’t know, life will start to change for those who follow Christ. You will be part of an oppressed minority. Some jobs will not be open to you, some stores will refuse to serve you and your daily life will slowly be changed. Eventually the full impact will happen and you will find you are not welcome. The government will not be on your side, your neighbors will not be on your side.
The final blow will be when the Mark of the Beast starts to be used. Imagine a tattoo or RF Id chip that is placed under your skin. In order to buy or sell anything you will eventually be forced to take the Mark. That includes buying water and paying your rent.
So if you were ‘lucky’ enough to make it until that point with no real impact in your life you would suddenly find yourself forced to either take the mark or become homeless or without water, gas and electricity. You would not be able to go to the grocery store to buy food. Basically your life would suddenly become unlivable, especially if you live in a city.
In the cities life would be the hardest. Everyone in a city is required to be hooked up to the electric grid. Your water is from the city/county water system and gas is generally from a municipal system also. In some parts of norther United States people use fuel oil instead of natural gas to heat their homes, and even have wells to provide their water, but electric is still on a municipal system. Those who live in rural areas still may have to contend with some of their utilities being on a municipal system. Only those people who truly live off the grid won’t have these issues. The rest are required to pay someone for the necessities of life.
Food is another issue that of course will cause you problems. No more trips to Walmart for groceries. Now if you live in a rural area, maybe you grow most of your own food already. If not, you too are dependent on the system. This will be a major problem as the ‘system’ will no longer be supportive of you. As a matter of fact the system will now be your enemy unless you have the Mark.
If you live in a country that is not on the list of nations that are mentioned during the end of times or are not part of the Anti-Christs confederation, then how the end will affect you is kind of unknown. But there are some rather logical assumptions that we can make about it.
If your country is powerful now, it won’t be then. Most likely it will either have suffered a major reversal in power, either through natural catastrophe or man caused catastrophe. Man caused issues include revolutions, civil wars, major ecological catastrophes and or a mixture of these. THIS WILL TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE TRIBULATION almost guaranteed.
Having lived through 2020, most of the world can attest to one way things can change easily and rather quickly. COVID has impacted most of the world and not in a good way. It could have been and still could be worse.
So those on the out will have issues; international good will not be readily available. This includes oil. Which means gas for our cars will be in limited supply. Society will become much more divided and less open and excepting. People may not be living under the Anti-Christ, but his influence will be everywhere as this is his time to rule. So how do we prepare for a world and a life that is nothing like the life we live right now? Well the first thing to do is understand that all you are used to is going to be gone. Accept this and then start planning.
I will be dividing the planning and preparations into three stages. They will cover the three different time frames that are possible. They are:
IMMEDIATE- this is what you need to prepare for in case everything comes undone in the next few days, weeks or months.
INTERMEDIATE - this is the second step and it is based on the idea we have a few years to prepare.
LONGTERM - The long term is an assumption that we have more than five years to prepare. This stage also includes the possibility that none of this happens in our lifetime. (Not that I feel that this is a strong possibility.) (See how long do we have)
As I post I will put either IM, IN, LT in the titles of each post, so that you will know what the post relates to.