Jesus KNOWS our suffering

Jesus was considered by many as a bastard child: Matthew 1:18 "Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily." https://www.bible.com/bible/1/MAT.1.KJV

Jesus had step-siblings: Matthew 13:55 "Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?" https://www.bible.com/bible/1/MAT.13.KJV

Jesus family didn't believe in him: John 7:3 "His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judæa, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest. 4 For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world. 5 For neither did his brethren believe in him."

Jesus' earthly dad died: John 19:25 "Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! 27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home."  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/JHN.19.KJV If Joseph had been alive at this point, this would not have been necessary for Jesus to say.

Jesus was not a beautiful person, as we think of beauty: "1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth."

He had no kids: 8 "He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken."

He was murdered: 9 "And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors."  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/ISA.53.KJV

Not only was He murdered, but He was murdered by his own people, His own church. Matthew 27:1 "When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:" https://www.bible.com/bible/1/MAT.27.KJV

They said that Jesus had a demon: John 10:19 "There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. 20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?"

Jesus was never married: There is no Biblical record of this. Although he does say this about being alone. John 16:32 "Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me."  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/JHN.16.KJV

All of Jesus closest friends left him. Mark 14:48 "And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me? 49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled. 50 And they all forsook him, and fled." https://www.bible.com/bible/1/MRK.14.KJV

Jesus was born in a barn: Luke 2:7 "And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn."  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.2.KJV

Jesus grew up poor: Luke 2:22 "And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; 23(as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) 24and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons." https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.2.KJV  Leviticus 14:21 "And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil; 22 and two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering. 23And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD."  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LEV.14.KJV Also with only his mother alive, they didn't have a good income anymore. Luke 9:58 "And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head." https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.9.KJV

He knew what it was to be hungry and thirsty: Luke 4:2 :being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. 3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God."  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.4.KJV Mark 11:12 "And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:" https://www.bible.com/bible/1/MRK.11.KJV John 19:28 "After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst." https://www.bible.com/bible/1/JHN.19.KJV

He grew up in a very bad neighborhood: John 1:45 "Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see." https://www.bible.com/bible/1/JHN.1.KJV

If you think that no one knows what you are going through, Jesus does. He was tempted just like we are Hebrews 4:14 "Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/HEB.4.KJV   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzYoGvMywMg

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." https://www.bible.com/bible/1/JHN.3.KJV

The personhood of the Holy Spirit

Genesis 1:1,2,26

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Scripture reading for today is found in Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.  26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth." https://my.bible.com/bible/1/GEN.1.KJV  In a previous blog we learned that according to John 1:1-3 ; https://my.bible.com/bible/1/JHN.1.KJV “1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.”; that Jesus was one of 3 persons involved in creation. (see previous blog here: https://iodtiger.blogspot.com/2018/07/examining-each-text-more-on-jesusgod.html ) Today however, we are looking at the third member of the Godhead, who is also called, our comforter and the Spirit of truth, according to John 15:26  https://my.bible.com/bible/1/JHN.15.KJV “But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:”  I have heard people say that they Holy Spirit is not an individual person but rather God's "push" or active force here on earth.  Let's look at a few scriptures to see what the Bible actually says about this matter.  John 16:13 https://my.bible.com/bible/1/JHN.16.KJV "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come." and John 16:7, 8 (KJV) "7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:"  This is one of the clearest texts that I found in all of my research. Obviously when Jesus says that he is sending someone else called "The Comforter", Jesus is not speaking about Himself. The Bible clearly refers to the Holy Spirit as a "He". He was also involved in creation according to Genesis 1:2 (KJV) "And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."  https://my.bible.com/bible/1/GEN.1.KJV  The Holy Spirit helps us, and is again called 'he' in Romans 8:26 "Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God." https://my.bible.com/bible/1/ROM.8.KJV The Holy Spirit can be grieved. Ephesians 4:30 "And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption." https://my.bible.com/bible/1/EPH.4.KJV The Holy Spirit is a teacher. Luke 12:12 "for the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say."  https://my.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.12.KJV Was present not only at creation and in the New Testament but was also in the rest of the Old Testament. Isaiah 63:11"Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?" https://my.bible.com/bible/1/ISA.63.KJV And also in Psalm 51:11Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy spirit from me."  https://my.bible.com/bible/1/PSA.51.KJV  While there is not a whole lot of verses that describe the Holy Spirit it is clear from scripture that the Holy Spirit is a third "person" in the Godhead.  Notice that I did not say trinity. In the Catholic doctrine about the trinity. there is one being with three personalities, and that God the Father created Jesus, and that God and Jesus created the Holy Spirit. "This is an intellectual “begetting,” and fittingly so, as a “word” proceeds from the knower while, at the same time remaining in the knower. Thus, this procession or begetting of the Son occurs within the inner life of God. There are not “two beings” involved; rather, two persons relationally distinct, while ever-remaining one in being. The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son, but not in a generative sense; rather, in a spiration. “Spiration” comes from the Latin word for “spirit” or “breath.” Jesus “breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit…” (John 20:22). Scripture reveals the Holy Spirit as pertaining to “God’s love [that] has been poured into our hearts” in Romans 5:5, and as flowing out of and identified with the reciprocating love of the Father for the Son and the Son for the Father (John 15:26; Rev. 22:1-2). Thus, the Holy Spirit’s procession is not intellectual and generative, but has its origin in God’s will and in the ultimate act of the will, which is love. As an infinite act of love between the Father and Son, this “act” is so perfect and infinite that “it” becomes (not in time, of course, but eternally) a “He” in the third person of the Blessed Trinity. The weakness, of course, is that in God each person possesses the one infinite and immutable divine nature, and is therefore, one being." https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/explaining-the-trinity  The Bible clearly does not teach this fallacy.  There are 3 distinct individuals that are all God, co-eternal, three different jobs to do for each of them. One in purpose, perfect and Holy.

Go woke, go broke

 Go woke, go broke were words spoken in a recent sermon that I heard by a gentleman by the name of Conrad Vine.  The premise of this sermon was that if people would stop supporting churches that had a "woke" agenda that they would go broke and cease to exist. Maybe then they would get the message that "wokism" won't be tolerated. When we have people who are following Ezekiel 9:3, 4 by crying about the abominations that are being done in the Israel of God then we need to heed the warning being given. "And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side; 4 and the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof."  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/EZK.9.KJV Those who are crying against the abominations that are being done are called watchmen as in Ezekiel 33:1 "Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: 3 if when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; 4 then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. 6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand. 7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. 8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul."  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/EZK.33.KJV In my opinion, if we continue to see evil that is being done and we do NOTHING about it, then we are just as guilty as if we were doing the evil ourselves. Churches in apostacy tend to cancel or demonize people that disagree with them, maybe if the tables were turned and they lost support, they might reform their evil ways.  Indeed, I believe that if we support such churches or organizations then we are just as guilty of their sins as if we had done them ourselves. Here is the link to a recent Conrad Vine sermon:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8TEwQ4717Q and another sermon about this issue:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYZ-Ue8vgeQ Our church has a structure of different conferences, each US state has a local conference, then there are regional conferences and then a general conference over all of the local and regional conferences.  "Our physicians have lost a great deal out of their lives because they have seen wrong transactions and heard wrong words spoken, and seen wrong principles  followed, and have not spoken in reproof, for fear that they would be repulsed. SpTB02 15.4 I call upon those who have been connected with these binding influences to break the yoke to which they have long submitted, and stand as free men in Christ. Nothing but a determined effort will break the spell that is upon them. SpTB02 16.1 Be not deceived; many will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. We have now before us the alpha of this danger. The omega will be of a most startling nature. SpTB02 16.2"  https://egwwritings.org/read?panels=p417.68(417.73)&index=0  While the above quote starts out with "Our physicians", I firmly believe that when people see "wrong principles followed" and if they do not speak reproof for whatever reason then they are just as guilty of the sins that they do not reprove as if they did those sins themselves. "I am instructed to speak plainly. “Meet it,” is the word spoken to me. “Meet it firmly, and without delay.” But it is not to be met by our taking our working forces from the field to investigate doctrines and points of difference. We have no such investigation to make. In the book “Living Temple” there is presented the alpha of deadly heresies. The omega will follow, and will be received by those who are not willing to heed the warning God has given. SpTB02 50.2" https://egwwritings.org/read?panels=p417.253(417.256)&index=0    Conrad Vine has suggested that if a church is supportive of error, then we should not support them with our presence or our money. I was once a part of a church and several families in that church saw an evil in it.  These families decided that the evil in that church could not be rectified and so they all got together and formed another church in a different city of the same denomination.  This seems to me to be what Conrad Vine is suggesting.  Recently I have heard of the main General Conference (that is the one over everybody in the denomination) disfellowshipping people who decide to do this very thing.  They are in good company for you see, in Jesus day the Pharisees did the exact same thing. John 9:19 "And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see? 20 His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: 21 but by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. 22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. 23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him."  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/JHN.9.KJV The church in Jesus day persecuted and even killed those that disagreed with them.  The church today is no different. Matthew 14:3 "For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. 5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. 6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. 7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. 8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger. 9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her. 10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison." https://www.bible.com/bible/1/MAT.14.KJV Acts 7 puts it this way in verses 51 "Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye." and  52 "Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:"  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/ACT.7.KJV and Hebrews 11 puts it like this in verses 35-39: 35 "Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: 36 and others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: 37 they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; 38 (of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:"  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/HEB.11.KJV The right has never been in the majority.  In the flood only 8 people got on the ark, it is estimated that there was close to the same population then that there is now. Genesis 7:7 "And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood."  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/GEN.7.KJV  "According to the latest estimates, the population of Earth is approximately 8.2 billion people, as of September 26, 2024." https://search.brave.com/search?q=population+of+earth+now&source=desktop&summary=1&summary_og=9c669fe8e2db0810ea142d The GC and the local conferences do not equal "The Church".  The people who follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. Revelation 14:3 "and they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. 4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb."  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/REV.14.KJV  While I am not here going to argue the point of a literal or figurative 144,000; I am going to suggest that I believe that it is a literal number and that it is definitely a minority of the current world population. Even EGW herself re-appropriated her tithe and encouraged others to do the same when she saw a situation that needed it. "It has been presented to me for years that my tithe was to be appropriated by myself to aid the white and colored ministers who were neglected and did not receive sufficient properly to support their families. When my attention was called to aged ministers, white or black, it was my special duty to investigate into their necessities and supply their needs. This was to be my special work, and I have done this in a number of cases. No man should give notoriety to the fact that in special cases the tithe is used in that way. 20LtMs, Lt 267, 1905, par. 2 In regard to the colored work in the South, that field has been and is still being robbed of the means that should come to the workers in that field. If there have been cases where our sisters have appropriated their tithe to the support of the ministers’ working for the colored people in the South, let every man, if he is wise, hold his peace. 20LtMs, Lt 267, 1905, par. 3 I have myself appropriated my tithe to the most needy cases brought to my notice. I have been instructed to do this; and as the money is not withheld from the Lord’s treasury, it is not a matter that should be commented upon; for it will necessitate my making known these matters, which I do not desire to do, because it is not best. 20LtMs, Lt 267, 1905, par. 4 Some cases have been kept before me for years, and I have supplied their needs from the tithe, as God has instructed me to do. And if any person shall say to me, Sister White, will you appropriate my tithe where you know it is most needed, I shall say, Yes, I will; and I have done so. I commend those sisters who have placed their tithe where it is most needed to help to do a work that is being left undone; and if this matter is given publicity, it will create a knowledge which would better be left as it is. I do not care to give publicity to this work which the Lord has appointed me to do and others to do. 20LtMs, Lt 267, 1905, par. 5 I send this matter to you so that you shall not make a mistake. Circumstances alter cases. I would not advise that any one should make a practice of gathering up tithe money. But for years there have now and then been persons who have lost confidence in the appropriation of the tithe who have placed their tithe in my hands and said that if I did not take it they would themselves appropriate it to the families of the most needy ministers they could find. I have taken the money, given a receipt for it, and told them how it was appropriated. 20LtMs, Lt 267, 1905, par. 6" https://egwwritings.org/read?panels=p14070.10694008&index=0  

Chaos and fear

It is just after 2am. I have awakened from a nightmare.  Chaos and fearfulness were everywhere.  Children as young as my grandson-5- were given tasks to do in school to mark people for death.  If they completed their assigned tasks, they were allowed to keep living and if not, they were chased down and their throats sliced.  Some kids did as they were told, some cried, refused and were slaughtered, some tried to run and hide. Those that moved up in the ranks, became rapists' and murderers. People were running everywhere trying to escape the violence.  Cities were mayhem. Nobody young or old was safe. If ever there was a time to take your kids out of the school system and homeschool them, that time is now.  If ever there was a time to not live in ANY city that time is now.  This chaos is coming and it will be worse than can be described. Fast and pray for a country home, far away from ANY city, especially the major ones, Nashville being the worst, but also any other city, like San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, New York, etc. "While I was in Nashville, a scene was opened before me. A great ball of fire seemed to fall from heaven, and from it went forth flashes of light. When these flashes of light would strike a building, the building would burn like tinder. And then I heard someone say, "I knew that this was coming. These are the judgments of God that I knew were coming." "You knew!" said another. "You were my neighbor. Why did you not tell me that these things were coming? Why did you not warn others?" 19LtMs, Ms 154, 1904, par. 36  "While appearing to the children of men as a great physician who can heal all their maladies, he will bring disease and disaster until populous cities are reduced to ruin and desolation. Even now he is at work. In accidents and calamities by sea and by land, in great conflagrations, in fierce tornadoes and terrific hailstorms, in tempests, floods, cyclones, tidal waves, and earthquakes, in every place and in a thousand forms, is Satan exercising his power. He sweeps away the ripening harvest, and famine and distress follow. He imparts to the air a deadly taint, and thousands perish by the pestilence. These visitations are to become more and more frequent and disastrous. Destruction will be upon the inhabitants of the world. The beasts of the field will groan, and the earth will languish." 4SP 407.2. It won't matter what the country is either. All cities all over the face of the earth, people need to flee from immediately. I cannot say when this chaos is coming, in some places it may already be there.  Get you and your families out no matter what you have to lose. Like the Biblical account of Lot, he lost everything, including his wife, you need to flee from the cities NOW. Genesis 19:12 "And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: 13 for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law. 15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.  24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; 25 and he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. 26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt."   https://www.bible.com/bible/1/GEN.19.KJV  Luke 17:26 "And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.  32 Remember Lot's wife."   https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.17.KJV