The Cycles of Life

Last week was July 1 so I began a 2 part message on the future of Canada. I said that there are cycles of history which last between 80 and 110 years. The cycles can be divided into 4 quadrants (seasons) which the Bible calls generations. (A generation is the new life that a married couple produces which is 20 to 25 years.) God speaks of both curses and blessings that last 4 generations or 1 cycle
Solomon wrote about the cycles of life in Eccl 3:15 "What is happening now has happened before, and what ha happened in the future has happened before, because God makes the same things happen over and over."
Within each cycle are 4 distinct seasons like Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. We see the same thing in the 4 seasons of our lives-Age 0 to 20 childhood (spring) age 20 to 40 young adulthood (summer) Age 40 to 60 midlife (fall) and age 60 to 80 senior years (winter).
We see life and history in 1 of 3 ways:
1. Chaotic. Which means there is no design or order to life. It simply happens randomly.
2. Linear. Which means life flows along with no repetition and can theoretically get better and better. (this is how many futurists imagine North America will be) 3. Cyclical. Which is the Biblical and historically proven model
If life is cyclical, and God says it is, then we are due for a winter season in North America! Here's why:
The Great Depression and WW II was a dark winter season. Crisis turned our world inside out the season that follows winter is predictably spring. The years 1945 to 1965 were growth years (our spring season) The years 1965 to 1985 were our summer years. Everything was new-music, art, values, religeon, politics behaviors.
The years 1985 to 2005 were our Fall. Disintegration was evident. Family, marriage, crime, poverty, disease were becoming rampant. We're headed toward an inevitable crisis!
The years 2005 to 2025 will be crisis years. We'll are unimaginable things happen in our world-environment, economy, health, warfare , terrorism etc. Winter is on the horizon.
Winter is not the end of the world. Rather it always preceeds spring. Two comments and then you'll have to listen to my July 8 message:
1. We have time to prepare ourselves. Just like we would for a coming snowstorm we'd be wise to get ready for this 20 year crisis!
2. This will be an unprecidented time for a spiritual rebirth in our nation. Just as Jesus prepared his disciples for the crisis of the cross and the revival that would follow we can do likewise. That takes is back to my thesis of "Walking with the King". Blessings to all my readers!