I don't think we should be over-reactive to various things that happen in the news. Too often people jump at some latest thing as a sign that we are about to plunge over the brink into the end times. I believe that we have been slowing taking step after step towards the end and that when we focus on any one big thing, we miss the quiet trends that will really matter. With that in mind, I thought this article was very interesting. I have wondered for awhile if the global economic crisis was not only another "birth pang" but also would be a spring-board to set up some of the structures I believe will be part of the future end-times scenario.
So don't get all alarmist or Henny-Penny, but take note of interesting trends in our world. Here's the
LINK.