I dont see, based on the evidence, economic and moral, that we can make it that much further.
The glue that kept the consumer market together the last few years was the wealth effect from the housing boom.
To misunderstand the nature and threat of evil is to risk being blindsided by it.
God has not given us Bible prophecy to Scare us but to Prepare us.
The question shouldn't be โWhy are you, a Christian, here in a death camp, condemned for trying to save Jews?' The real question is โWhy aren't all the Christians here?