Preparedness vs Faith | What the Bible Actually Says

 

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Most Christians never ask this question out loud: should we be physically preparing for the end times, or is that a lack of faith?

Tonight Nick & Lisa Meissner walk through it from Scripture — the enemy's strategy for the last days, what God's Word actually says about providing for your family, and a practical framework for sustainable preparedness that applies wherever you are right now.

This is a distinctly Christian look at preparedness, with Scripture as the foundation. Just the Bible and a concrete plan. Join us live and bring your questions — Nick and Lisa will be in the chat the whole time.

Extended Power Outage? You're Not Ready - What To Do

Can Rural Life Actually Save You In A Blackout?

Can Rural Life Actually Save You In A Blackout?

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Your WiFi router just had a nervous breakdown. Your smart TV is a brick. Your city friends are trapped in high-rise vertical coffins. The Blackout Apocalypse is here, and your fancy apps won't save you. But your boring life in the sticks? That romantic country dream you used to post about on Instagram? That might just be your biggest, dirtiest secret weapon.

Welcome to the new normal. In this chaotic episode of Fallout Raccoon, we ditch the grid and dive deep into the brutally honest science of post-blackout survival. We expose why relying on fragile modern technology is a fatal mistake and reveal the analog survival techniques that genuinely matter. We're talking real physics and chemistry—the 212∘ F boiling point, not your dead electric well pump. Learn the rural blackout survival tips that separate those who adapt from those who become fertilizer for someone else's victory garden.

Are you prepared for the Great Digital Death? We break down the stark, scientific difference between the urban scramble and the rural safety margin. Your grandpa’s knowledge is officially worth more than your college degree.

Discover: Why cities are now death traps and how to avoid the urban collapse.

Learn: Essential low-tech water purification methods that don’t require electricity.

Master: The forgotten fire science that keeps you warm without burning your furniture.

Decide: Is your rural lifestyle a true sanctuary, or just a picturesque place for you to starve?

Clock's ticking. Lights are already out. Adapt. Improvise. Survive. Your move, survivor. Make it count.

WHO Conducts Global Pandemic Simulation Exercise Polaris II

 WHO Conducts Global Pandemic Simulation Exercise Polaris II

Global Health Emergency Preparedness Exercise Completed

The World Health Organization (WHO) concluded Exercise Polaris II on April 23, 2026—a comprehensive 2-day simulation designed to test international pandemic response capabilities. The exercise brought together 26 countries and territories, 600 health emergency experts, and over 25 partner organizations to practice coordinated responses to a fictional emerging pathogen outbreak.

Exercise Scope and Participation

Participating nations spanned all WHO regions, including Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, France, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Philippines, Thailand, and others. The simulation activated real emergency coordination structures across participating countries, allowing health officials to practice information sharing, policy alignment, and workforce surge deployment under realistic conditions.

Key Frameworks Tested

The exercise operationalized two WHO frameworks:

1. Global Health Emergency Corps (GHEC) – Guides countries in strengthening emergency health workforce capacity based on sovereignty, equity, and solidarity
2.  National Health Emergency Alert and Response Framework – Outlines essential coordination systems and response functions at local, sub-national, and national levels

The simulation also explored AI-enabled tools for workforce organization and planning.

WHO brings countries together to test collective pandemic response

4 April 2025 News release Geneva 

Over the past two days, WHO convened more than 15 countries and over 20 regional health agencies, health emergency networks and other partners to test, for the first time, a new global coordination mechanism for health emergencies.

The two-day simulation, Exercise Polaris, tested WHO’s Global Health Emergency Corps (GHEC), a framework designed to strengthen countries’ emergency workforce, coordinate the deployment of surge teams and experts, and enhance collaboration between countries.

The exercise simulated an outbreak of a fictional virus spreading across the world.

Participating countries included Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ethiopia, Germany, Iraq, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mozambique, Nepal, Pakistan, Qatar, Somalia Uganda and Ukraine, with additional countries as observers. Each country participated through its national health emergency coordination structure and worked under real-life conditions to share information, align policies and activate their response.

Regional and global health agencies and organizations, including Africa CDC, European CDC, IFRC, IOM, UNICEF and established emergency networks such as the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, the Emergency Medical Teams initiative, Stand-by partners and the International Association of National Public Health Institutes, worked together to support country-led responses. More than 350 health emergency experts connected globally through this exercise.

“This exercise proves that when countries lead and partners connect, the world is better prepared,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “No country can face the next pandemic alone. Exercise Polaris shows that global cooperation is not only possible – it is essential.”

Throughout the simulation, countries led their own response efforts while engaging with WHO for coordination, technical guidance and emergency support. The exercise provided a rare opportunity for governments to test preparedness in a realistic environment, one where trust and mutual accountability were as critical as speed and capacity.

Fuel Shortages Could Hit Water, Heat, and Power Next

 

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Sec. Hegseth’s "Spiritual Readiness" Push Sparks Constitutional Debate

 

"Spiritual Readiness" Push Sparks Constitutional Debate

Defense Now

Department of War | Pentagon Press Secretary Drops Major Announcement | US Senate Armed Services Committee

The Story: Today's Pentagon Prayer Service Today's event—scheduled for 12:00 PM EST in the Pentagon Auditorium—is the latest in a series of monthly "Christian prayer and worship services" instituted by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. 

The Angle: The core tension surrounding today's service is the invitation list. Recent emails were sent not only to active-duty personnel but also to U.S. defense contractors. This has drawn immediate scrutiny and formal complaints from watchdog groups like the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), who argue the outreach violates the separation of church and state. Several contractors have anonymously expressed feeling caught between a "rock and a hard place," fearing they might miss out on networking or government work if they don't attend. 

In response, the Pentagon maintains that the services are 100% voluntary, attendance is not tracked, and the gatherings are constitutionally protected events meant to boost morale and "spiritual readiness."

The Coming Showdown: Trump’s Insurrection Act Gambit and America’s Final Tribal War

01/21/2026 // Mike Adams 

Introduction: The Final Battle for America's Soul

According to insider reports, President Donald Trump is preparing to declare victory on November 5th and then immediately invoke the Insurrection Act upon taking office in January 2025. This will complete a political coup designed to trigger planned Leftist uprisings across major U.S. cities. The declaration will be used to authorize federal troops to engage in violent uprisings against political dissidents and non-citizens. Such a move is not mere political strategy; it represents the final battle in an American tribal war between two monstrous, irreconcilable systems of control, each seeking to impose its own form of tyranny over the people.

The American people are now trapped on a battlefield not of their own making. On one flank stands a Democrat faction that, as reported by NaturalNews.com, has shown it will use 'tyranny, censorship, and authoritarianism as weapons' and has taught conservatives 'to take no prisoners when the actual conflict begins' [1]. On the other flank stands a Republican faction, represented by Trump, that is reportedly preparing to use federal power to crush dissent. Caught in the middle are the people, whose constitutional rights and personal liberties are the first casualties in this final war for the nation's soul.

Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot...

    

And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. 

And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them. 

For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. 

But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation. 

And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 

They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 

Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 

But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 

Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. 

In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. 

Remember Lot's wife. 

Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. 

I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 

Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 

Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 

And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.

Luke 17:22-37.

Image (Wikipedia)  Les Romains de la décadence, translated as Romans During the Decadence or Romans in the Decadence of the Empire is a painting by the French artist Thomas Couture.

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With Russia looming, Europe tries to beef up its youth military service

By Colette Davidson Special correspondent
@kolet_ink

Dec. 18, 2025, 3:54 p.m. ET|Paris


Last month, when French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a new voluntary military program, he was met with record approval from the French public. The reaction, coming as the president’s popularity is dwindling, is evidence that goes beyond politics: France is ready to defend itself.

With the war in Ukraine looming just more than 1,200 miles away, there is a growing awareness in France that the nation must secure its borders in the event of Russian aggression.

The €2 billion program will offer 10 months of paid military training to 18- and 19-year-olds, with the goal of providing thousands of young people with domestic security skills, so that France has a deep pool of reserves in the event of an armed conflict.

Why We Wrote This

The potential military threat from Russia and the decreasing support from the United States have countries across Europe looking to conscript able-bodied citizens. But it's a big ask after decades of peace and prosperity.

Mr. Macron is not the only one eyeing defense. As Russia’s war in Ukraine heads toward its fifth year and Europe faces the largest threats to its borders since the Cold War, leaders across the continent are taking a harder look at the strength of their militaries.

But as European leaders debate the benefits of mandatory versus voluntary service, for whom and how long, they are confronting an even bigger challenge: How to show the public the value of joining the ranks.

“First and foremost, the goal of the military is to build defense personnel,” says Jean-Claude Allard, an associate security researcher at the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs. “You can’t tell young people, ‘Join the military, it’s going to be a Club Med vacation.’”

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The final movements will be rapid ones

The world is to be no criterion for us. Great changes are very soon to take place in our world, and the final movements will be rapid ones. Agencies from beneath have been set in operation by the powers of darkness, and they are working in secrecy and have advanced faster than any of us have calculated. Satan, with his whole confederacy of evil, is stirred to intense fervor, and plans that have been made only wait a favorable moment for open development. All things are getting into a state of readiness, and while those who believe have been contending over little matters, drawing apart from each other, each seeking to have and vindicate his own way, the powers of evil have been strengthening for the last great crisis.

The church of God who have had great light are called upon to have works corresponding to their light. Considering our superior advantages, and knowing that we must be judged by the light and privileges bestowed, what can we offer as a justification of our conduct? Like Capernaum we have been exalted to heaven in point of privilege. The precious light, freely given to us of God, was not given to Sodom or Gomorrah, or they might have remained unto this day. If the mighty works and knowledge and grace of God had been made manifest to the nations who are in heathen darkness, we know not what they might have been. They might have been far in advance of what we are in Christian lands today.

The world is uneasy, restless, apprehensive that they are on the eve of some great event. Look where we will, men’s hearts are failing them for fear. Impulse and excitement are bearing sway. As children of the light, we should now manifest zeal and deep earnestness for Christ and be constantly watchful, offering unceasing prayer that we may stand in our lot and place, having an eye single to the glory of God. We need to go weighted with the truth, having in our heart Christ’s love for souls. We should be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. We are to be quickened by the Holy Spirit, that we may discern, and not be ignorant of Satan’s devices.

The Krieger Files - February 6, 2025

 

Note: Joel Skousen's participation starts at approx. 27.45 Mins.

Do Doomsday 'preppers' have a point? Here's what we can learn from them.

In an age of record-breaking hurricanes and global pandemics, preparing for the worst no longer seems so far-fetched. Here are some of the key lessons you can learn from doomsday preppers.

Flashlights. Tape. A survival blanket. These are all components of one man's "go bag"—or "bug out bag"—photographed at the Kansas City Survival Expo & Gun Show in Missouri. Survivalists and Doomsday preppers have long been prepared for the worst but as climate change wreaks havoc on our planet, we could all learn from their tips.

Photograph By Roger Kisby/Redux

By Rosemary Counter
July 25, 2024

Amid Costo’s already stocked shelves of oversized jars of peanut butter and 12-pack macaroni and cheeses, there’s a hardcore new addition that is lighting up social media: The Readywise 150 Serving Emergency Food Bucket. For $100, the bucket includes 80 dinners, 30 breakfasts, and 40 energy drinks with a shelf life of—prepare yourself for this—25 long years.

“In a world where unpredictability has become a constant,” reads the description, “our assortment takes on a vital role in emergency preparedness. Imagine the sudden onset of severe weather, the challenges of unexpected job transitions, or the unsettling thought of food shortages.”

This isn’t hard to imagine, as recent years have given us plenty of examples: the COVID-19 pandemic, obviously, but also Californian wildfires, the Great Texas Freeze, Kentucky floods and mudslides, and hurricanes Beryl, Idalia, and Ian. Extreme weather events are happening more often and with more severity; even the American Government’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which used to recommend every American home have a 72-hour self-sufficiency plan, quietly tweaked its minimum to at least 72 hours and its recommendation to a full week.

(Instead of "natural disasters," should we call them "disasters of our own making"?)