{"id":4169,"date":"2013-12-23T09:52:29","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T17:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=4169"},"modified":"2013-12-23T09:52:29","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T17:52:29","slug":"are-things-really-getting-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/23\/are-things-really-getting-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Things Really Getting Worse?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>What you believe determines what think. What you think determines what you do. What you do determines your destiny.<\/h1>\n<p>There seems to be a couple schools of thought out there among YHVH&#8217;s people. One group says that things in society are getting worse, and that this is a sign of the end times before the second coming. Another group says that things aren&#8217;t any better or worse than they&#8217;ve ever been. Things have always been bad and men have always been as evil as they are today. The only difference is that men&#8217;s evil deeds are simply more reported about today thanks to the immediacy of telecommunications and the internet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think?<\/strong> Here&#8217;s some data from a recent poll in the U.S. that&#8217;s cause for concern.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">U.S. BELIEF IN GOD DOWN, BELIEF IN THEORY OF EVOLUTION UP<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (UPI) &#8212;\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Three-quarters of U.S. adults say they believe in God, down from 82 percent in 2005, 2007 and 2009, a Harris Poll indicates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">The Harris Poll found 57 percent of U.S. adult say they believe in the virgin birth of Jesus, down from 60 percent in 2005, and 72 percent \u2026 (read the rest of the story at\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/system\/wire\/upiUPI-20131222-203104-2408\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/system\/wire\/upiUPI-20131222-203104-2408<\/span><\/a><\/span>.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/23\/are-things-really-getting-worse\/attachment\/20094368\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4170\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4170\" alt=\"20094368\" src=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20094368-243x300.jpg\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20094368-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20094368.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For those who think that everything is the same as it always has been, may I remind you of the passage in 2 Peter 3:2\u201314. Especially note verses 3 and 4. Hopefully these words will stir us up spiritually to &#8220;be found by [Yeshua] in peace, without spot and blameless&#8221; (verse11).<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line is this: non one knows when their time on earth is up, or when Yeshua will return. 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