When is the 7 years or prosperity.. how many left?

[Juliet]

I think there is sufficient evil today to worry about. Seems like any prosperity we enjoy now is faked prosperity. Just like we mask our true self with a happy face when maybe things are not well deep in our hearts.

Will we repent or will we face the consequences?

When the mask comes off, then there will be the separation between those living true prosperity and those who are faking it. But when will that happen?

True prosperity is the consequence of living true principles. I think even during economic woes, those who have built their foundation on solid principles will make it ok. But those who want to continue to prosper through greed and extortion will have to meet themselves. Because only the merciful can obtain mercy. Unfortunately, that leaves out those who are willing to harm others for their selfish interests.

So, I believe the answer is where are our hearts? Are we generally living spiritual principles that lead to prosperity? I vote no. Too many companies want to make money even if it means hurting the innocent. Part of that is the loss of free market because of subsidies and regulation. It makes it hard for those who are honest to stay in business. I don't know how we can continue. We either change and repent or we will have to face economic hardship.

One example is the poultry industry. They work so hard to appear like they are making reforms, then you find out "free range" and "cage free" means they opened the barn door for 10 minutes a day.

Our top three crops are genetically modified, which means the dna of the food has been altered, usually through splicing or a virus introduced to do the splicing. That doesn't sound healthy to me. (Corn, soy and canola)

I am sure people are trying their best. We have to eat to live and we have to find ways to survive and overcome obstacles. So, perhaps there is a positive in there and we will continue to reform what is bad and implement what is good. It is hard to tell.

[BeNotDeceived]

Some might say the 14 years have already passed....

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Good point, and demonstrates the need to carefully plan an experiment. Best to define things before the experiment begins. Trump’s expectation was that he could achieve 3% GDP growth, with some speculation about 4%. A quick review looked like 7 consecutive years at 3% was unprecedented, and going with two consecutive quarters matched how recession is defined. Really the key is the two thousand year return of the Good Samaritan.

Anyways, 3% nominal is commonly understood to mean values that round to 3%.. Many are unfamiliar with the concept of significant digits, but it’s principles are exactly defined, but for absolute clarity a caveat was stated. Turns out the first year average is about 2.55%, compared to 2.51% minimum value that rounds to 3%.

Second year as measured from April 2017 easily meets the definition, and year three is off to a good start. Considering the prosperity to righteous behavior examples in the BOM, we absolutely deserve immediate annihilation. Debt continues to spiral placing us in a precarious position. The next over-heated election season will likely ignite the ever expanding powder keg.

[harakim]

I'm no financial adviser, and of course it depends a lot on what the business is. But current conditions are, in my opinion, very bad. We are in the "everything bubble" (technically not true, but close enough). The global financial system has been on the brink of collapse for 30 years. In 2008, the best thing that could have happened would have been to suffer the pain and let it play out and reset the system, and wipe out the bad investments. Instead it was papered over and in ten years we have made the underlying problems many times worse.

All that said, the central bankers are clever serpents, and they very well may pull another rabbit out of the hat, and kick the collapse another 10, 20, or 50 years down the road. The end game is that they want to own everything, or virtually everything, and they will do it by debt and then making it impossible to repay that debt. They foreclose on everything and own virtually everything. The entire system is intended to collapse, but only when their ducks are lined up for maximum gain.

FWIW, I'm also a bit of a pessimist, or as I like to see it a realist. Ultimately pray and make your own decisions.

I think when it collapses, it will be so bad, it won't matter if you saved the 5000 or plowed it into a new business. You might as well truly live now.

[Doc]

On a tangent to the original post, what prophecy or prophecies say the seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine that happened to ancient Egypt is going to be repeated before the Second Coming? I frequently see people saying seven and seven, but I am not familiar with any prophetic statements to support this idea.

Hinckley 2001. “The Times in Which We Live.” You need to watch it to really appreciate the way he says it...his body language says a lot.

I know this is an old post, but I just found these forums.

[ori]

I'm no financial adviser, and of course it depends a lot on what the business is. But current conditions are, in my opinion, very bad. We are in the "everything bubble" (technically not true, but close enough). The global financial system has been on the brink of collapse for 30 years. In 2008, the best thing that could have happened would have been to suffer the pain and let it play out and reset the system, and wipe out the bad investments. Instead it was papered over and in ten years we have made the underlying problems many times worse.

All that said, the central bankers are clever serpents, and they very well may pull another rabbit out of the hat, and kick the collapse another 10, 20, or 50 years down the road. The end game is that they want to own everything, or virtually everything, and they will do it by debt and then making it impossible to repay that debt. They foreclose on everything and own virtually everything. The entire system is intended to collapse, but only when their ducks are lined up for maximum gain.

I feel the exact same.