How will Christian Preppers protect the poor and vulnerable?

[JohnB445]

I believe God tests humanity, remember the Holocaust? Many people fled the country, or joined the nazis because they were scared and were under pressure to be like them.

The Bible talks about a time where humanity will either take the mark of the beast or reject it, and it is going to be a time of tribulation and suffering. Many people will take the mark and worship the beast.

If we are prioritizing survival of the fittest while neglecting the poor and weak what would God think? It's not about survival but doing the right thing and we need to sacrifice to save others even if the cost is our own life it is a hard thing to do, but that is what the early Christians did in the Bible.

We can either neglect the weak and poor during the time of tribulation because we are more concerned about our own well-being or trust in God believe that there is heaven and that life on this earth is short and what matters is doing the right thing protect the poor and weak during this time of tribulation, reject the mark of the beast, and endure until the end.

Hopefully we are raptured but who knows what will happen if we will have to endure or not. But this is what I'm thinking, survival of the fittest is satanic and is devoid of any empathy. It is better we sacrifice for others to be protected than to disregard them and focus on our own welfare.

What do you think? How should Christians be in the end times? I just have a hard time believing hoarding all the resources, wealth is going to sit well with God.

 

[Gregory Thompson]

If one reads the revelation sequentially, then the sky would be already opened up at that time and God is visible in it.

So it's hard to say what would be the new normal during those days.

In general however, even under the law, sharing with those who did not have was considered the point of all the teachings. This was constantly brought up by the prophets as a reason for judgment descending.

 

[linux.poet]

The poor and vulnerable are already welcome in my life as friends whom I help, so in the midst of a disaster or world-ending judgment I simply imagine that would continue.

 

[timewerx]

I believe God tests humanity, remember the Holocaust? Many people fled the country, or joined the nazis because they were scared and were under pressure to be like them.

The Bible talks about a time where humanity will either take the mark of the beast or reject it, and it is going to be a time of tribulation and suffering. Many people will take the mark and worship the beast.

If we are prioritizing survival of the fittest while neglecting the poor and weak what would God think? It's not about survival but doing the right thing and we need to sacrifice to save others even if the cost is our own life it is a hard thing to do, but that is what the early Christians did in the Bible.

We can either neglect the weak and poor during the time of tribulation because we are more concerned about our own well-being or trust in God believe that there is heaven and that life on this earth is short and what matters is doing the right thing protect the poor and weak during this time of tribulation, reject the mark of the beast, and endure until the end.

Hopefully we are raptured but who knows what will happen if we will have to endure or not. But this is what I'm thinking, survival of the fittest is satanic and is devoid of any empathy. It is better we sacrifice for others to be protected than to disregard them and focus on our own welfare.

What do you think? How should Christians be in the end times? I just have a hard time believing hoarding all the resources, wealth is going to sit well with God.

Not holding my breath. I'm a poor person and have zero expectation from Christians to help

 

[Maria Billingsley]

I believe God tests humanity, remember the Holocaust? Many people fled the country, or joined the nazis because they were scared and were under pressure to be like them.

The Bible talks about a time where humanity will either take the mark of the beast or reject it, and it is going to be a time of tribulation and suffering. Many people will take the mark and worship the beast.

If we are prioritizing survival of the fittest while neglecting the poor and weak what would God think? It's not about survival but doing the right thing and we need to sacrifice to save others even if the cost is our own life it is a hard thing to do, but that is what the early Christians did in the Bible.

We can either neglect the weak and poor during the time of tribulation because we are more concerned about our own well-being or trust in God believe that there is heaven and that life on this earth is short and what matters is doing the right thing protect the poor and weak during this time of tribulation, reject the mark of the beast, and endure until the end.

Hopefully we are raptured but who knows what will happen if we will have to endure or not. But this is what I'm thinking, survival of the fittest is satanic and is devoid of any empathy. It is better we sacrifice for others to be protected than to disregard them and focus on our own welfare.

What do you think? How should Christians be in the end times? I just have a hard time believing hoarding all the resources, wealth is going to sit well with God.

I believe that extream preparedness and hoarding for a post apocalyptic world contradicts the core principles of Christianity. Unless the resources acquired are shared with those in need, it would be the antithesis to our faith .
Blessings

 

[Diamond72]

Many people fled the country, or joined the nazis because they were scared and were under pressure to be like them.

Some zealots loved to report people. The United States only took people with a college degree. The Principal at my high school was a holocaust survivor. I had a friend that was a part of Hitler youth and he got sent to the front lines at the age of 12 and thrown into a Polish prisoner-of-war camp where the guard knocked out one of his eyes with the butt of his rifle. He managed to cut down a small tree and pole volt over the fence to escape. He was a good friend of mine but I was younger and he talked more with the upper classmen. They are actually the ones that old me his story. At the time he wore a patch over that eye.

 

[Diamond72]

I believe that extream preparedness and hoarding for a post apocalyptic world contradicts the core principles of Christianity.

I buy food on sale so I stock up when the price is right. It is not unusual to give food away to those who need it because I just buy to much. With the cost of food it is crazy not to buy it when the price is right. We never know when there are going to be shortages. It does not hurt to have a little extra to be prepared but my wife thinks I buy to much.

Proverbs 6:6-8 encourages preparation by pointing to the example of the ant: "Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest."

 

[SavedByGrace3]

What do you think? How should Christians be in the end times? I just have a hard time believing hoarding all the resources, wealth is going to sit well with God.

The mistake here is the idea that preppers "hoard all the resources/wealth."
Today, the shelves are stocked to the brim with every resource imaginable. There are only sporadic shortages, but more than enough for everyone. If you want to see hoarding, wait until an emergency hits and millions hit the stores simultaneously. Then, you will see some hoarding. We have a saying there are two kinds of preppers: those that do it in a long-term, controlled manner and those that wait until that emergency and rush to the stores in mass, grabbing every loaf of bread and can of peas they can find. We call them "panic preppers." But everyone is a prepper—either controlled or panicked.
Consider the several instances in the scripture where people put back goods and were able to help others when hard times came. Joseph immediately comes to mind. There were the Antioch Christians who had more than enough to send to Judea during the famine, as recorded in Acts.
Acts 11:27-30 KJV
27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

I often ask believers what they would have to send the needy. Would you be in the food line or the giving line?
I like to refer to us a Antioch preppers.

I think God will judge according to this rule:

1 John 3:16-18 KJV
16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

 

[SavedByGrace3]

I believe that extream preparedness and hoarding for a post apocalyptic world contradicts the core principles of Christianity. Unless the resources acquired are shared with those in need, it would be the antithesis to our faith .
Blessings

All the believers I know plan to help the needy when possible. Not so much for the non-Christian preppers. There is the danger that when it is discovered that you are giving food to the hungry, you will suddenly have 49 thousand people at your door, and they will be in no mood to hear, "No, there is not enough for everyone." Essentially, broadcasting to the community that you were wise and prepped will undoubtedly result in your being overrun and left with nothing, even possibly attacked or even killed. There is solid evidence in scripture that we must prepare for possible shortages when we see that shortage is coming. It starts in Genesis and runs through the NT. Will you have something to offer your family, neighbors, and community, or will you be in the bread line, taking up resources like the rest? Will you be a part of the solution or part of the problem? So, if one is worried about those in need not receiving help, the solution is not to criticize those who are attempting to help but to put your shoulder to the wheel and get behind the effort yourself.

 

[Diamond72]

There is the danger that when it is discovered that you are giving food to the hungry, you will suddenly have 49 thousand people at your door, and they will be in no mood to hear, "No, there is not enough for everyone."

That all goes back to Joseph Smith with the Mormons. They all think they need to stockpile food.

 

[Aaron112]

"What will happen to those who refuse the mark of the beast ...​

https://www.quora.com › What-will-happen-to-those-w...

All those who refuse the “mark of the beast”

will be killed by the global government that implements it and then makes it mandatory."

The Bible talks about a time where humanity will either take the mark of the beast or reject it, and it is going to be a time of tribulation and suffering. Many people will take the mark and worship the beast.

 

[SavedByGrace3]

That all goes back to Joseph Smith with the Mormons. They all think they need to stockpile food.

It all goes back to the Lord telling us what to do. He thinks we need to stockpile food.

 

[Diamond72]

He thinks we need to stockpile food.

That was the situation with Joseph in Egypt. But Jesus teaches us God will provide and give no thought for tomorrow.

 

[SavedByGrace3]

That was the situation with Joseph in Egypt. But Jesus teaches us God will provide and give no thought for tomorrow.

Acts 11:27-30 KJV
27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.