05/01/2024 – “The Days of Apostasy” // Inserts: 1) George Barna 2021 statistical study. 2) Blog post dated 03/07/2021: “Visioneering for the next decade: Once again, ‘the Kingdom of God (remnant church) advances, victory to victory, with all of them incredibly disguised as unholy disasters.'”
A STATISTICAL GLIMPSE INTO THE END-TIMES
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Shalom, to you my Friend and Co-Minister in the Great Commission…
It’s one of most overlooked realms with regard to getting a glimpse of what is to come – statistics. But by looking into what is taking place among the young generation, we will have a glimpse of what the future will bring.
Where is the young generation at regarding God, faith, the Bible, and Jesus? For the first time in Western civilization since the beginning of the faith, the majority of young people in the West consider themselves something other than Christian, other than even nominally Christian.
What about society, marriage, sexuality, and family? For the first time ever, one quarter of the American population under 40 is not married. The majority of young women in America don’t want to become mothers. The percentage of American children born outside of marriage stands at around 40%, almost one out of two, and the percentage of people identifying with something other than heterosexuality is not 1%, 2% 5% but, among young people, a staggering 28%!
What about Israel? America has always stood as Israel’s strongest ally. But that, too, is changing. In the wake of the October 7th attack on Israel, one would have expected a surge of support for the Jewish state. But among the young, something else happened. Between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas, young people favored Hamas! In fact, support for Hamas was so strong among the young that it approached majority status. In fact, about two thirds of young Americans now see Jews as oppressors!
Let’s put together the puzzle pieces. Apart from a revival and the hand of God to reverse these things, the America of the future will not be a “Christian nation,” it will not even be culturally Christian, it will not even be nominally Christian. It will be un-Christian, non-Christian, and perhaps even anti-Christian. As far as marriage and the family, there will be less of both. More and more children will grow up having no idea what marriage is. More and more adults will be alone. A greater percentage of the population, as in over one third of Americans, will see themselves as LGBT, an identity that will put them at odds with the Word of God and people of faith. Finally, America, the last great ally of Israel, will no longer be so. Israel will find itself increasingly alone.
What does this all mean? It means the Bible is true. What it said would take place in the last days – is now taking place. All the more we need to pray for this generation, spread the Gospel to it, and stand strong. Let us make it our resolve to do all three this month, and may God greatly bless you as you do!
Your brother and co-laborer
in His love and service,
Jonathan
See Message: The Days of Apostasy
Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:5
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Yes indeed, brother Jonathan! We will be vastly outnumbered against the enemy. This will be Gideon’s Army, Judges, chapters six through eight, all over again, by God’s grace. Take note in 6:12 greeted Gideon with: “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” It is clear he had not been a warrior by any stretch to that point. So, once again, we can’t lose, because God can’t lose!
I will point you to two associated posts. Login and use your search tool by inputting the post dates:
03/07/2021: “Visioneering for the next decade, the kingdom of God (remnant church) advances, victory to victory, with all of them incredibly disguised as worldly disasters.”
04/18/2022: “Christian worldview and education: Education for Eternity”
Also, I am adding a more recent George Barna Survey from the one I posted yesterday, dated just three years ago. Check out the short interview clip at the bottom of the article:
https://www.frc.org/blog/2021/06/new-barna-research-reveals-extent-americas-loss-faith
“Don’ts” have increased from 12% in 2011 to 34% in 2021 in the U.S., defined as: Don’t believe in God, Don’t know, and/or Don’t care. And amongst our millenial generation, that % goes up to 43%. I recall a Douglas Wilson (*below) seminar presentation two plus decades ago, where he asked his christian audience: “If we turned over our vacation bible schools over to the Devil and his minions, they wouldn’t take advantage of us, would they?” We did just that with our public education system. I’m old enough to remember the pulling of public prayer from schools in 1963. Separation of church and state they claimed, but it only applied to christianity. Our children were thereby indoctrinated by a pagan worldview, and there you have it: “our separation of church and state” in practice. So, let’s put aside our shocked faces with regard to the 43% of “don’ts” amongst the millennial generation. (I’m pointing fingers at myself here)
(*): Douglas Wilson is a co-founder of the Logos School in little Moscow, Idaho that started a revival in Christian Worldview education, inspired by Dorothy Sayer’s post WW2 essay: “The Lost Tools of Education”. He is the author of numerous books over the years, including: “The Case for Classical Christian Education” (2002) and “”Future Boys: Raising Boys to Fight Giants” (2001).
It’s history now, let’s confess communally and take our stand from here. Ephesians 6:13! Along the way, we may have the privilege of being the messengers that reach some of these lost souls. Always connected through prayer and by His grace!
Soli Deo Gloria!
Your brother in Christ,
Jimmy