THE SLOTHFUL SERVANT, THE WISE VIRGIN AWASH IN OIL AND THE HILLS

Folks, as I look around me, I see a clear pattern.

We have people who are spending inordinate amounts of time and resources living the riotous lifestyle (huge house, huge toy payments, hair/nails/fake lashes) and who have little time or money or concern to make sure that when the overflowing scourge sets in, that they have every needful thing.

I cannot number the number of people who have stated that they have a gun and that they know where the prepared live and that they will come and take theirs.  They have huge motorhomes, live in the nicer houses in town and spend lavishly as a drunkard of Ephraim.  Many have the wicked and adulterous spirit and believe nothing can happen to them.  To these, I curse on the spot that they live no longer than they can raise their cursed tongues or "arms" to steal from another what was not meant for them.

The usual comeback is, oh you should be more Christlike and help those in lesser circumstances.  Of course, that is about as spiritually lazy and morally bankrupt as the effort put in by those who say, "If it is good enough for ___________, the jib jab clot shot is good enough for me!".  No offense, but that is so moronic for a principled person to say, that it is quite painful and telling (at least to me) of where that person stands in valiancy and so many other areas in their spiritual growth.  Mostly, it points out spiritual stuntedness....

In normal circumstances, if a person were to point out that they had not missed the food storage while away on an epic cruise or while taking their luxury speedboat out for the tenth weekend in a row or while soaking in a ridiculously expensive hot tub on the opulent rear deck (all of which could have financed a food storage for a family) and that their true reasons were that they were living within their means as a young newly married couple and simply could not arrive there as a new family unit, then they would be justified in asking for assistance.  Here is the rub.  Most of us are guilty of one of the indulgences above - so we have no reason to have put the Lord's commands first.  If we have, we have no right to ask for resources that should be used by those that chose to prepare or that simply did not have time or means to prepare.  This is the meaning of the parable of the foolish/wise virgins.  The command in THAT instance is to tell those who chose to allocate resources differently that they must go and buy in the marketplace.  Upon their return, they find that they have been locked out of the wedding feast.

I have a few observations here.  First of all, I believe that the events that are coming will be centered around the time of the Wedding Feast which is traditionally the middle of Sept to the middle of October, depending on the timing of the Jewish lunar calendar for that year.  Use the keyword "Rosh" in the search window if you want to find all the hidden treasures in this blog on that subject.  Secondly, this refers quite directly to a time when there will be no food to be had for those who have been slothful in the commands.  The number of people who have liquidated their food storage with the basic idea of "the Lord delays His coming", is astounding.  Just when they say it cannot happen, it does.  Classic.

So, I believe we have a really interesting time coming.  My wife and I both agree first of all that we have a very generous spirit.  But, in this instance, we have to throttle back any generosity in the same manner that Noah could not open the ark up (remember, it was the Lord who shut up the ark - not Noah) to those who, undoubtedly, began a rather vigorous repentance process when the water began to lap at their ankles.  Deathbed repentance is possible in rare cases - but it is mostly disingenuous at best and laughable or terribly sad (and typical) at the worst.

Knowing that there will be a massive surge of people knocking at the door, we know that being among the spiritually slothful or wicked is folly and that we must get out to a place where the usual Church stats (of 10-15% with at least a 6 month food supply in place) do not apply.  With those averages, the few who are carrying the rest of the ward or stake will be depleted literally within days.  And the holy seed (or those the Lord deigns to carry through the point of constriction) will be wiped out with the wicked.  The only way to make it is to be among those who have gathered in a spirit of preparedness and who "get it".  The best place for that is in N. Idaho.  If you are on the coast and can still can do something like that, I recommend it.  It is where I feel I need to go, since nothing is going on in the Cardston area at a level that at least Mrs. Sols Guardisto spoke of.  From my perspective, Cardston will be a place of body bags and the habitation of owls because of the drunkards of Ephraim.

Before you are trapped in some place like Seattle, it is best to get to a minimum of 1800' above sea level.  2400', if possible.  The inland flooding will be tremoundous from a wave off the Pacific.  With the rumbling in the Azores, the east coast may just get it, as well....

Time is my ally.  Time is running short.