Something really, really strange is going on around here. Have you noticed a strangeness in the air lately? I don't know, maybe it is me but I seem to get a "serious, uneasy feeling" lately when I think about world events.

I know that there has always been strife and conflict in the world. I know that long before I was born there were secret societies, conspiracies and all sorts of other covert actions going on in the background that the general public was never aware of. Knowing this, I try to tell myself that it is just my imagination and that I am just being paranoid. I tell myself that the reason I am feeling like this is because we, as a society, are so in touch with news and current events because of the advent of such advanced technologies as the Internet and satellite television.

At the end of the day though, when I sit alone in my bed and go over things in my head, all that rationalizing does nothing to extinguish certain burning questions in my mind. No matter how much I fight it I can't seem to shake the feeling that I am an unwilling participant in a play in which forces, beyond my control, are writing an unwanted script and forcing myself and others to perform it. I don’t mean to imply that I have no control over my life. I just mean that in a general sense and in the way that the world works and conducts itself, I am totally helpless to being seriously effective in changing the system.

This is where I start to think that I am just a little nuts, and then, I read my Bible. I realize that I am not as crazy as I sometimes have felt. The Bible warns us that we do not wrestle against "flesh and blood" (IE Man), but against "Principalities and Powers" (IE Spiritual Entities).* I know that this isn't a popular belief lately but there is no getting around the fact that man has always been an unwilling (or at least unknowing) participant of a created world.

I know who created me, as sure as I know that I am sitting here right now typing, but not one of us knows (first hand) were it is that we came from. Not one of us can claim to have been at the beginning of time when the universe was formed. No one can say that they asked for it or that they were conscious of it at life’s inception. So, in a sense, what I have been feeling is correct. I am a performer in the great play of life where other forces are running the show without consulting me.

With these FACTS in mind, I believe that the "forces that be" (IE Evil Entities), have stepped up their efforts to mess with the world. I believe that we are at the edge of world events, the likes of which, mankind has never had to deal with before. In my mind there is, no longer, anything sketchy about what is going on in this world.

It has come to be crystal clear to me, and I believe that soon it will be revealed to many others, that the world no matter how much we would like it to be, is really not ours and not truly under our control. I don't mean to imply that the individual does not control his or her own destiny, but that it is the system of governments and powers that have been under siege. It is the gathering of like minded individuals that have their hands on the strings and are pulling away; these individuals who have been affected by the unseen powers that have been taking its toll on the world.

You can think that I am losing it. Maybe you think that I am wrong or maybe you don't even care about what I am saying. If this is the case, I challenge you to pay attention to the world. Maybe even more importantly, I challenge you to pay attention to your own little world. Look at what happens to you in your daily life and pay very close attention to it. Did you ever say to yourself, "Gee, that was awfully strange?" Or how about, "Wow, what are the chances of that happening?" When you find yourself saying these things, this is the point were you should really sit back and take notice. Look for odd yet structured occurrences and then analyze were it may have come from. I think you will find that I am not too far off the mark.

*Ephesians 6:12 KJV