Nathan Jones: Every year Jan Markell, the founder of Olive Tree Ministries and the hostess of the “Understanding the Times” radio program, releases her “10 Top Prophetic Trends” list. She follows all of the prophetic events very closely and then lists what she believes are the top ten that have most affecting that particular year. Her Top 10 list for 2020 really blew my mind!
Jan Markell: These don’t necessarily have to be listed in order, but I think the number one is obvious, and that is the decline of America. Who would have thought looking forward, say just ten years ago, that by 2021 America would be in such a state of decline, not only governmentally, but in every way. Our debt of soaring and is now out of control. The fabric of our American society seems to be coming apart at the seams. And, when America is unstable, the whole world falls into instability.
Nathan Jones: Your number two follows up that trend, Jan, and that’s the rise of lawlessness, anarchy, and the spirit of the Antichrist. We witnessed in living color such lawlessness as the 2020 riots, and then in early 2021, as both political parties were guilty of rioting. We saw the rise in lawlessness coupled with calls to defund the police. Clearly, people are rebelling against all authority.
Jan Markell: Absolutely! Rebellion is the name of the game. Lawlessness was the number two topic last year and I see it going forward this and in the coming years.
Number three, though not necessarily the third most important but it’s certainly quite prominent, concerns the Middle East peace efforts. Remember that Middle East peace launches the Tribulation timeline. We witnessed the Deal of the Century in January of 2020. We marveled at the Abraham Accords later that year. And, since then, going on into 2021, other nations began signing on to the Abraham Accords. Now, we can certainly debate whether America or any other country should be dealing with land issues in the Middle East. I kind of think we shouldn’t, but that’s not the point. The point is that the peace efforts of the very, very final days could tag on to some of these peace initiatives.
Nathan Jones: Jan, your fourth trend concerns the worryingly increasing attacks on Christians, Christianity, and specifically churches. The year 2020 truly revealed our country’s utter contempt for churches. Our society now prefers churches to remain closed. They’d rather open casinos and nightclubs because they believe churches are irrelevant. America this year pretty much declared itself to be a post-God institution with its almost daily attacks throughout quite a number of our states on in-person church attendance.
Jan Markell: Church are not considered essential anymore. Places such as Costco, and any shopping mall in general, are considered essential. Even marijuana shops were declared essential! But, churches? They were labeled a gross inconvenience. I believe Christian institutions will continue to be seen as a tremendous inconvenience to America’s godless new leadership.
The fifth trend focuses on apostasy in the Church, especially the rise of wolves among the flock. I get email after email from Christians who share their horrific experiences in churches that have adopted false teachings. It’s just staggering!
No comments:
Post a Comment