Oil in Our Lamps (if you read nothing else that I send - please read this) chuck

“Oil in Our Lamps”

cji
10/31/08

So often to hear
so little understood
yet we know it’s us
spoken to and of;

Oil in our lamps
what does it mean
how does it apply
to us of this today;

Thoughts to wonder
unspotted need to be
similar to a virgin
in this world to live;

Which many are found
living righteously now
then what is the oil
and what are our lamps?

For years I’ve pondered this scripture – and over and over I’ve linked it with works of service – helping others – doing good – but this is only but a part and I’ve always been left thinking there is more! We’ve been warned for years now of having a year’s supply of home storage – everything needful to take care of each member of our family! Even here over the years we share with others in need as it arises for two very good reasons – one is shelf life and turnover of needs. Yet we need to be doing this for a reason – if there’s a major war – or a flood – or an natural disaster most will be destroyed. If there’s a depression of this magnitude the food will be used up and with little left at the end of a year or even sooner when sharing with others (which we would do). Thus it has to be something which would cause isolation of a kind not seen in the US in decades if not longer. An epidemic where none can share or mix with others until it’s over. There’s several kinds of this which could happen – with a major one called a pandemic which almost all are familiar. Yet even this isn’t enough – for some parts of the nation might be hit and yet others might not – what would affect all parts of a nation? At my backdoor has been part of the answer all of my adult life. I’ve studied, taught and evaluated Chemical and Biological Weapons – man-made and lethal where many may be left dead but more frequently the majority will be quarantined to protect them and others. This will mean no one will be going out – for easy preparations can defeat most types of Chemical or Biological Weapons and time is the greatest enemy to both which can be man disseminated. Cleanliness and isolation thus would protect the majority of the population, i.e. not going outside one’s home – or if doing so for only immediate areas around one’s own home. The streets would be vacant – the stores closed and only those with adequate food storage, water and immediate needs of medications, etc. would survive in relative security. Others will survive but the trial will be much more difficult – risks will be taken to get to the basic essentials – chaos will exist in major urban areas and in the more rural areas law enforcement should be adequate to maintain any short term lock down – if this be a number of days or weeks. Once it gets into months it’ll be more difficult but months is not a term associated with Chemical or Biological Weapons for the most part that can be man delivered.

Three things will occur – first it will be accomplished with little or no notification thus with on warning it’ll have a greater chance of spreading quickly in the immediate strike areas. Second it’ll most likely occur during a peek time of the day when traffic congestion will be heaviest – which would mean Noon on the Eastern Seaboard of the US – this would affect the early flights – and spread across the US in major Urban areas. This does not mean that rural America won’t be included – but most likely it’ll be an airborne for the rural areas – while in the major urban areas airborne will be only one of the means. The water supply – cluster bombs – timed devices in heavy traffic areas and or as suggested by Tom Clancy in trade shows around the nation with a slow reaction vector or chemical. Lastly, it will cause a panic which will last for several hours, days or weeks (which event would be the most disastrous). It depends on how quickly there’s a recognition of the problem and restrictions on travel and movement are put into place. Or how quickly one person can be isolated from another in a controlled manner.

The above has taken time to finally understand the parable of the five wise virgin and the five who were unwise. All were virgins – all had access equally to the oil referred to – it could be purchased in the market place – and the five unwise virgins had the funds to do so. Acts of service can be neither purchased nor sold – they would not be found in the market place. Only supplies are found in the market place – items one can buy or sell. One can then use or store!

Our lamps are our homes and the oil is our ‘food storage’ – we’ve been both warned – over and over – and it makes real sense. c/ork
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