In Times of Distress – Part 2 – Doomed to Fail: The System of This World
Many people are looking for explanations of why what is happening right now is so irrational, unjust, unscrupulous, and inhumane. What is actually happening right now that was still completely unthinkable less than two years ago? Why are the powerful of this world behaving the way they currently are?
Martin examines with you the term that occurs very frequently in the New Testament, "world" — today we would probably rather use the term "world system" — and what the Bible says about it.
Who is the lord of the world? How does the exercise of power in this world function? Why is there so much lying, manipulation, fake news, propaganda? What about the "great ones of this world," the stars, the powerful, the rich? Is what is happening right now nothing but coincidence? Is it really just about money and power? Or is something entirely different behind it?
Whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
James 4:4