America In The Crosshairs?

Q. I want very much to believe we are living in the last days (I certainly don’t like the prospects for the future in a post Christian world).  I have been waiting expectantly for Christ’s soon return for at least the last 25 years and like many before me pray that my generation will be the one that doesn’t taste death but will be able to experience the Rapture instead.  Looking at the world events it surely seems like time is moving quickly, but I have one problem/question.  It seems like now that it is American’s that are in the firing line, American Christians that may face persecution, America that might collapse that everyone is more sure that the end is near.  Our brothers and sisters the world over have been suffering for years.  Christians are being martyred all over the world, why now just because America might suffer the wrath of God for our sins are we so sure that it really is approaching the last of the last days?

A. I can’t speak for others, but the reason I’ve been saying for over 20 years that we need to prepare for the Lord’s return is that’s what I think the Bible is telling us.  The increasing  intolerance toward Christians in the US now is simply an indicator that the time is at hand.

I’ve found that most people are pretty short sighted and something has to almost slap them in the face before they’ll give it any consideration. Americans have been slapped hard a couple of times lately, so maybe we’re starting to pay more attention.  If so, my prayers are being answered.