The Danger of Being Armed

As times become more troubling, I hear of many speaking of guns and ammo, and these are the ones preparing to be ready . . . according to their interpretation of Scripture.  I've spoken about the amendments and I'm all for them, including the 2nd, but gun owning is not my personal goal.  I've given something a great deal of thought as I have been led to put myself and this place "out there" in ministry and business.  What would I do, as times intensified?  I think I've made peace with my current thoughts on the matter, but truth be told, I don't think any of us truly know, if we're alive at the time, how we'll handle the possible anarchy of the end of days.

Since I do not believe in a pre-tribulation rapture and I'm just now 55, at the rate of the momentum, it's possible that I will still be alive for the Second Coming, or at least the great tribulation that will precede it.  So, I am preparing and I've considered what I'd do about arming myself.  Now, since I'm publishing this, keep in mind it's not in stone, my mind could change as the momentum mounts.

When someone asked if I was worried about being killed for my food supply, I half jokingly replied with, "No, if they kill me, they'll have to do their own gardening and canning!"  People wiling to kill for food may not be thinking that far down the road, when and if the time comes . . . I truly can't imagine killing someone over food or even in self-defense for that matter.

A gun in my hand with any moment of hesitation would probably only result in my own injury or demise.  I think there is only one situation in which I could look someone in the eyes and still think to kill.  That would be to protect a child.  Considering the calculation in which I can write this, I'm not sure I'd even need a weapon!   With the number of people speaking of arming themselves for the end of days, I think of Messiah's words to Peter in the Garden of Gethsemane.

Just in case this passage could be translated to include any weapon, I do feel planning to be armed is no guarantee of protection, but an invitation to my own demise.

Then said Y'hshuwah unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.  Matthew 26:52