Children of The LIght#18 Coming or continued troubles?(18 Sep 2015)

Dear...

'Then the Prophet Jeremiah said to Hanaiah the prophet, "hear now Hanaiah, the Lord has not sent you,but you make this people trust in a lie.'

             Jeremiah 28:15

Contrary to expectations, the U.S. Federal Reserve continues to hold back raising interest rates.
Why are they not letting off some air in the very low interest rate, liquidity driven bubble?
Most think it is because the perceived US economic recovery is not as robust as believed.
That's probably true for not just the U.S., but globally, for the internet in conjunction with technology have created structural unemployment that the world will need time to adjust, retrain and retool.
Witness the demise of traditional service providers and brick and mortar shops.

http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/tns-federal-reserve-interest-rate.html

But is there more to it? Maybe it is not just the surfeit of economic woes, that is still endemic post subprime.
The Middle East is brewing. With the troubles on the Temple Mount, would the present internecine Sunni Shiite proxy wars being fought out, be soon reorientated to a broader but more familiar Arab Israelite conflict? The Russians are in Syria now, ready to be an actor in this theatre!

http://www.timesofisrael.com/muslim-cleric-blames-netanyahu-government-for-temple-mount-escalation/?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=0e44d88d03-2015_09_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-0e44d88d03-55192013

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/11/russian-build-up-in-syria-part-secret-deal-with-irans-quds-force-leader/

The last major Arab Israelite war was back in 1973, the Yom Kippur war.
What has it got to do with us? That conflict led to the 1st oil crisis, the precursor to the 2nd oil crisis in 1978-1979 and the subsequent stagflation.
A world mired in recession, yet pounded by double digit interest rates.
The latter might seem implausible in our present Central Bank induced zero interest rate environment.
But the Bible oft reminds one and all

"man plans, God directs"

The above thoughts were just penned for my new financial blog "MoneySense."

Interestingly I asked our Lord before I penned these thoughts if it was truly the right message to share? He brought me to Jeremiah 28, where Hananiah preached falsehood and taught rebellion against our Lord. He paid for his sins with his life.

Contrast this to Prophet Jeremiah in Jeremiah 29 who spoke the truth of God's will much as it seemed contrary to the logic and desires of the captive Jews.

4 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. 6 Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease. 7 But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.

         Jeremiah 29:4-7

Are the Central Bankers the modern day Hanaiah giving soothing but delusory words to a world that wants to continue in their profligate ways, not learning nor willing to atone for their subprime days?

Prophet Jeremiah I am not. But may the words shared be truly from our Lord. For we have entered dangerous times, and the safest place is wherever our Lord places us.

God blesses

Eng Hieang

18 Sep 2015