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<div class="SSN_title">"THE WORLD IN CRISIS" - "DISTRESS OF NATIONS"</div>
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<div class="SSN_divider">Poland</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Possible consequences.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Trigger main confrontation between East and West.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Russia in any event of war would make move into Middle East.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. 47% of our oil comes from foreign sources.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. By stopping flow of oil, the West would be brought to its knees.</div>
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<div class="SSN_divider">Israel</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Bombed Iraqi nuclear reactors.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Fought with P.L.O. in S. Lebanon in summer.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Primary threat is Syria and P.L.O.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Explosive areas.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Syrian missiles in Bekka valley.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. P.L.O. terrorism.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Golan Heights.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Annexation by Israel.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. U.S. backed U.N. condemnation of Israel.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Waning U.S. support for Israel.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Zech., "Though the whole world be gathered..."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Reason behind U.S. policy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_divider">Terrorism</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. General Dozier captured by Red Brigade in Italy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Bader Meinhoff terrorists in Germany.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. P.L.O.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Highly trained, highly financed.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Russia behind training.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">1. Red Brigade trained in Cecho.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Libya behind financing.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">1. Exporting trained hit squads.</div>
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<div class="SSN_divider">Famine: Cambodia, Odan, Ethiopia, Poland.</div>
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<div class="SSN_divider">Moral Decay</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Gibbon - Rome was not conquered from without, but rotted from within.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Family breakdown.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. High divorce rate.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Lack of true communication in family.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">1. T.V., radio, and rock groups have a stronger influence on forming their ideologies than parents.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Educational failure.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Strong influence of Humanism and existential philosophy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Values classification.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Eliminates any moral base to make value clarification.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Results observable in our society.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Wide scale drug use.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Violent crimes increase.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">1. Assault, rape, senseless murder.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">2. Increase in robberies.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Corruption in government.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">5. <a onClick="return mV('2Ti',3,'1-4');">II Tim. 3:1-4</a></div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">>II. 1982 - THE CRISIS YEAR.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Many military leaders feel this is the year that Russia will make move for world conquest. Lewis, Hershey, Kissinger.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. They possess the greatest military advantage, and time is against them for the first time.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. The longer they wait, the stronger we become.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Is all hopeless?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. From a Biblical standpoint things never looked more exciting.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Jesus is surely coming soon.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. As the world begins to face off, the Christian's face is up. "Look up..."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. As the world looks desperately for a leader to arise to solve the dilemma, the Christians look for their King to deliver them from the wrath to come.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. As men's hearts fail them for fear as they face the future the Christian's heart leaps for joy in the anticipation of seeing His Lord face to face.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">III. WHAT'S IN VIEW FOR '82?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Continued economic crises.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Banks pushing more for E.F.T.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. This year, Master-Card and new Visa introduced.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. They seek to phase out checks and money.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Increased peace movement in Western Europe.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Towards end of year, movement began.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Several large gatherings of Western Europeans</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Antichrist is to come in peaceably and with flatteries.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Increased Terrorism.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Evil days to wax worse and worse.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. Increased social disorder.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. For years we have sowed the wind. The time is coming for us to reap the whirlwind.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">E. I believe that God is in the final countdown, and all systems seem to be go.</div>
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<div class="SSN_notes">They say that Nero fiddled while Rome burned Tonight the world is afire with forces that are destroying. Look at how many poor blind souls are welcoming the New Year. "They fiddle..."</div>
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