Well, everyone is now globally aware 2004 didn't end well. Rather it ended disaster us; worst in many years, about 150,000 dead already, and from a Big WAVE from law, which many compromised with, to the point of more of the same, more 'rule of law' being forced upon the world, giving such "law worketh wrath" not only place, but power to work "wrath".
Why(?) should be on everyone's mind. Why merciless wrath? An act of God? Not in my Bible! It's really quite simple, 'elementary dear watson': "law worketh wrath": Rom 4:15.
American 'rule of law' being poured upon Isarealis 'terror of law' (Deut 34:12) with 'force' is not only law law, and as law law as pouring gasoline on a raging hell fire and wondering why(?) it didn't go out; For law is a 'merciless' killer of all in it's path ("as in Adam all die"), and in divers places, whenever it's given place and power(gospel) to steal, kill, and destroy.
Sure enough, Americah did give place and power to 'rule of law', to "law worketh wrath", and almost as if a second beast ("more the child of hell") gave it's power to a first beast ("child of hell") in Revelation. The result: disaster us. Costly! Not only in monetary aid and funerals and rebuilding, but in lives. Thereby all suffer, many perish, as fools give place and power to law, to law worketh wrath. Hello!
It's now a globe-all issue, has been since 1967, for since 1967 'global graphs' have been 'shooting forth' as if sprinting to the end of a race, perhaps the human race, and it's a winner take all race between law and grace.
Thank God where Law: sin & death abound, Grace: mercy & peace "much more" abound... to the point it is now reported "peace is breaking out all around the world" inspite of what the media portrays for those who would have a feeding frenzie on Horeb-bull things, such as the "affliction of souls" at Yom Kippur, the "day of atonement". For Christ's sake people, pure religion paid a "visit" (not ransom) to those "afflicted" with a bad case of life + death = a dead end, via such grace + law = wrath given place.
Thank God the end ("where no law there no transgression", when no law sin not imputed) is already written. So where his angel plays the last trump it there is no mention of law at all, only grace with you all (Revelation 22:21). Such is not just the conclusion of Revelation, but of the Holy Bible containing Old & New Testaments.
The problem is ignorance. The solution is awareness. And I'm not talking the childish blame game, but the awareness game of man kind, the "man" kind God said "let us make": one man kind, the "perfect" sort, as "merciful" as our Father in "heaven" is; not wrathful as law was, but is not, yet is; nor any bi-polar schizoid oxymoronic mixture of mercy + wrath via a mixture of grace + law, which is as good + evil, witch ends badly for all, not some only.
My goal for 2005 is to be more uncompromising, no more 'compromising' with merciless "law worketh wrath", not even the better sort of law law in Romans 8:2 which is notably in "Christ Jesus" which is mirrorly the reverse of "Jesus Christ" which is the only foundation laid we should build upon; and the same (merciful) yester day, to day, and for ever; Not to mention God given victory and peace with God is "through" Jesus => Christ: the end of the law. Not to mention Paul The Apostle, "his witness unto all men", is an apostle of "Jesus Christ". Not to mention such said: God hath not apppionted us unto wrath (law worketh wrath) and such things are an "allegory".
The "grace" of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.