Socialism / Communism is on the rise. Since the French Revolution this political philosophy has been responsible for "democide" (death by government) of it's populations. And here we are again as the scales tip towards this humanist philosophy. Odd that they always target Christians. The most famous person to describe this philosophy was probably Karl Marx, who interestingly wrote a paper on the "Jewish Problem" (himself being raised as a Jew) He blamed the Bible for creating the philosophy of "materialism", which he argued created a permanent "slave class" of workers subject to the oligarchs. Not a smart guy (and quite devious in his personal life). He's the embodiment of the rebellion against God, in some ways. Will this philosophy be the expression of the final system to come after Christians? It's almost too obvious, but with history as a guide, it's safe to assume so; especially as the USA will inevitably become more and more authoritarian in the coming years, as "government" becomes the solution to man's problems, and not God.
Aaaaahhh you echo something I read from Russell....much more precisely as Russell had died long before much of these things happened....very interesting ... He too warned that men would look to the governments for comfort and aide in that final day( times) Keeping in mind that mountains often represent governments...wether heavenly or earthly... This scripture really explains itself as we watch the world collapsing around us... REV 6:15 NIV Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the MOUNTAINS 16: They called to the mountains and the rocks Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and the wrath of theLamb.