The fourth turning

comb PM was great today, had sy rogers to talk about the 4th turning adapted frm a book. its e cycle of history that repeated itself for generations. the PM was good but the most important part was the message, so here goes:

imagine a circle with 4 quadrants
1 circle = 1 cycle = 80 years (this is HISTORICAL STATISTIC!)
1 quadrant = 20 years.
every cycle (1 circle / 4 quads) is the seasons of time that we are in.

the quadrants:

NOTE: ALL seasons in this set of notes refer to the quadrants, not your annual seasons! Its jus explained in a different context.


1. Spring(HIGH TIME) 2. Summer (AWAKENING)

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4. Winter (CRISIS) 3. Autumn (UNRAVELING)


each is 20 years.

Spring - war has ended, people are PRO-God, PRO-family, PRO-value, PRO this and that.
a new system emerges. e.g. globalism (founding of UN). its the HIGH TIME

Summer - what are they awakened to? their CONSCIENCE! people start to have the mentality
to question the new system. e.g. is the govt good enough, are the laws passed
effective, etc. in other words, they start to 'awaken' and begin to question the things
that are going on around them.

autumn - the unraveling (whatever that has been, begins to die at this stage). its the stage of
regrouping and many different parties/denominations start to form

winter - crisis. where most wars are triggered by events that occur in the past 3 quads. it could
be rough, or smooth sailing, but nevertheless, its STILL a BUMPY and COLD winter.

imagine the past 'winter' season, was ww2 (102x AD - 194x AD) . people thought the end/antichrist has come. but in spring, old systems (nationalism) died out and a new order began, globalism. 20 years past with each quadrant.

and here we are, the 3rd quadrant (autumn), estimated frm 198x AD - 2000 AD. and in THIS quadrant of time, we were born, most of us. which means to say, the previous generations and past quadrants have invested heavily on us. dats y our generation is called e millenia generation, hero generation or the blessed generation.

we are blessed because of past generations' contributions.

now the stunner...

frm STATISTICS, if the growth rate of christianity continues to increase, before 2030, its estimated that 1.x billion would be christians which is the world population at its most precise estimation. which means to say, frm 2000-2020, in OUR generation, is the 'winter' season of time, a time of crisis.

and historians in e past have speculated a few events that could be triggered as a result of the 2nd quadrant (196x AD - 198x AD), all the different groups, ideologies, denominations, etc. one of the things they predicted was the hijacking of an airline, which was so accurate, and as u can see now, the 9-11 incident.

disease like AIDS and SARS have also come in. 'winter' has started. dun believe, see the date of the 9-11 events, they were triggered towards e 4th quadrant. also, because of various thinkings in the 2nd quad, and 3rd quad, we now have mis manipulated idea of atomic energy and biomolecular science, resulting in WMDs and biochemical weapons.

when ps said, THROUGH God that our generation will take the nations by storm, is because we ARE the generation that is going to go thru this 'winter' period and the next 'spring', when an old system dies and a new order emerges, its gonna be decided by us.

frm the book fourthturning, our generation is seen as one who is, more energetic and have a totally different view of youth. one who is less violent. that is exactly what we are doing now, and who we are now. a new generation of youth that will take the nations by storm, but not w/o first going through the winter period.

bible emphasis on the 3rd day

e bible made several emphasis on the THIRD day, THIRD has a significance. e.g. the rebuilding of e temple of God, resurrection, etc. our generation, e millenia generation is living in the times also known as the THIRD millenia. which i believe many of u have heard about.

who knows? this winter could be the start of ww3, and next spring might be the return of christ, we do not know. God may yet intervene. either way, we are going through this winter together whether we like it or not.

if this winter is not the last days, then we shld continue with our 'Father's' business till He comes. nevertheless, we should not fear. hasnt God been faithful to e past generations and delivered His people time and time again? we are the evidence of God's love and protection in e past generations.

lets rise up, and be prepared like never before, if this period is the armageddon, we do not know, 20 years is a long time, but we believe, we are going to pull through together, our new stadium WILL come! =) and lets be serious with God like never before, because THIS is the generation, that will change future FOREVER....x)

how we fight, is gonna determine the Spring of the future :)