{"id":370,"date":"2010-10-18T13:47:54","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T19:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=370"},"modified":"2012-12-11T11:56:07","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T18:56:07","slug":"if-we-are-really-close-to-the-endtimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=370","title":{"rendered":"IF we are really close to the &#8216;endtimes&#8217;&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are we coming up on the &#8216;endtimes&#8217;?\u00a0 While I have a suspicion or two, it is admittedly impossible to really KNOW, until sometime, well&#8230;later.<\/p>\n<p>But we are to &#8220;know the season&#8221;, and also to remain &#8220;teachable&#8221;.\u00a0 So, I&#8217;m open to being shown.<\/p>\n<p>But IF, and I stress the &#8216;IF&#8217; part, that is indeed what is coming, what does it mean for us, now?<\/p>\n<p>I heard a comment from a friend on the subject that I like:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You cannot <strong>POSSIBLY <\/strong>prepare for what is coming.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>BUT&#8230;there are things we certainly <em>can <\/em>do:<\/p>\n<p>Prepare to be <em><strong>teachable.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Prepare to be <strong><em><span id=\"unknown-iMcvM1SJ0\" class=\"yooper_span\" style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">led<\/span><\/em><\/strong><em><strong>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Prepare to be <strong><em><span id=\"unknown-WGKlIoDTX\" class=\"yooper_span\" style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">obedient<\/span><\/em><\/strong><em><strong>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Prepare to be <strong><em><span id=\"unknown-uX3C3Sxx5\" class=\"yooper_span\" style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">able to help others<\/span><\/em><\/strong><em><strong>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>(Learn, live, lead.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>and PRAY to be <strong><em>counted worthy <\/em><\/strong>to escape what is to come.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, enter via the &#8220;strait gate&#8221; and be prepared to be led via the narrow way.\u00a0 You won&#8217;t find it on your own, and probably wouldn&#8217;t believe what lies along the path in the interim anyway&#8230;yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepare to be prepared. <a href=\"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=370\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,1],"tags":[207,20],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=370"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":882,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions\/882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}