In Reply to: Saying hello posted by Bognor Regis on October 10, 2006 at 20:14:29:
Hi Regis,
I can't speak for everyone but I'm not so certain any more that we're actually living in the End Times. There have been earthquakes and famines and wars all through history and to those who say, "Yes, but they're now increasing in number!!" I have to ask, "Really? Have they really?" I don't think so.
We might be living in the End Times, I don't know, but it's not something I worry about. I'm concerned about recent political events but I don't see them dove-tailing into the kind of Endtime scenario the Bible foretells. Yes, I believe it will happen some day but not necessarily during my lifetime. It might, but I'm no longer pressured as we were in the Family that "This is it!" For a lot of us, part of the reason for staying in the Family was the belief that the world was going to end in two, no five, no ten years, so why go back to Babylon when the Family is the only safe place to be?
I just don't feel that pressure any more. Like I say, I'm only speaking for myself here.