9/13/2023 0 Comments Endtime headline newsThe risk of policy miscalculation has risen sharply as growth remains fragile and markets show signs of stress, the IMF said Tuesday in its World Economic Outlook.Ībout one-third of the global economy risks contracting next year, it said, with the US, European Union, and China all continuing to stall. The IMF cut its forecast for global growth next year to 2.7%, from 2.9% seen in July and 3.8% in January, adding that it sees a 25% probability that growth will slow to less than 2%. This must take place, but the end is not yet” (Mark 13:7).The International Monetary Fund warned of a worsening outlook for the global economy, highlighting that efforts to manage the highest inflation in decades may add to the damage from the war in Ukraine and China’s slowdown. “And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Every headline tells us how to pray (1 Timothy 2:1–6).īible exegesis, not headline exegesis, teaches what we should do in light of the end times: be prepared for Jesus’ return by spreading the news about the kingdom of God. Pandemics remind us not to fear death (Matthew 10:28). Inflation tells us to trust God for our needs (Matthew 6:25–33). How can we love our neighbor (Matthew 22:39)? How can we love our enemy (Matthew 5:43–48)? Where should we spread the gospel (Luke 10:5–6)? How can we support the church (1 Corinthians 16:1–3)? Wars show us who needs safety (Exodus 22:21). Rather, headlines should be used to determine how to apply the tasks Jesus has given us. Reading headlines is not a reliable way to determine where we are in the end times. Even a global nuclear war wouldn’t necessarily be a sign of the end times. An election in the US likely has nothing to do with the end times, especially since the US isn’t mentioned in end-times prophecy. Rising gas prices do not mean that Jesus is returning soon anyone who lived through the 1970s knows this. Conflict in the Middle East, inflation, dismaying political elections, natural disasters, technological advances, pandemics-these things have happened for hundreds if not thousands of years. One cure for headline exegesis is learning history. The drying of the river in recent days is due to human actions and climate in the end times, it will be an act of God. The Euphrates will dry up at the very end of the tribulation, shortly before Jesus’ return. But the current low levels of the Euphrates do not mean we are in the end times. ![]() It is true that Scripture mentions the Euphrates drying as part of the end times (Revelation 16:12). Due to drought and farmland irrigation, the large river that runs through Turkey and Iraq has dwindled to a stream in some places. A recent example is the response of some Bible commentators to the drying of the Euphrates River. ![]() Headline exegesis is a pejorative for the practice of trying to determine where the world is in end-times prophecy according to current news stories. The opposing interpretive method is eisegesis, which depends more on the reader’s intent than the writer’s. Terms are defined as the context dictates, metaphors are acknowledged properly, and the author’s original intent is carefully considered. Exegesis is the practice of reading a text and determining what it means using a literal, honest interpretation.
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