jesus_is_lord Home Page: Archive: Message #29 Date: Aug 17 1999 06:40:10 EDT From: jesus_is_lord Subject: Y2K Preparedness & the other side of the story Dear Christian Friend: Greetings in the name of the ONLY wise God and Saviour Jesus Christ. I just got back from vacation and I feel goooooood! For those of you who have prayed for me and/or encouraged me I thank you and remind you of-- Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. There's lots I want to say, but I'll have to put most of it on hold for another day. I want to share some information with you about Y2K. First, I'll just give a little overview of the problem. Secondly, I'll give you a list of ideas for preparing for Y2K. Thirdly, I'll give you another side of the story to consider. Fourthly, and finally, I'll give you some instructions to reset your computer and VCR dates. If this letter is helpful to you, you may want to print it out for future reference. *****I. OVERVIEW***** Most of us Christians have at least heard of Y2K. But what does it mean? Essentially, older (and new, see end of this letter) computers came set with a two digit year date, e.g., 06-15-85. The software on these computers use this date in performing certain transactions. Well, in the year 2000, those unfixed computers will read the new year as 01-01-00 or January 1, 1900! What problems will this cause? We don't know. Almost everything is run by (or extensively uses) computers nowadays, utilities (water, electricity), banking, credit cards, mortgages, IRS, grocery stores, etc. Even the casual observer can see that if some or all of these things go on the blink, there could be trouble. Imagine if your grocery stores couldn't get goods. What if you couldn't flush the toilet? What if the bank refused you access to your money and your credit card was put on hold? What if your employer put you on standby for a month or two until the computer problems were worked out? What if people are starving and start rioting? I'm not saying all these things will happen. Y2K may be no big deal, but just in case it won't hurt to be prepared. Proverbs 30:24 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are EXCEEDING WISE: 30:25 The ants are a people not strong, yet THEY PREPARE THEIR MEAT IN THE SUMMER... In other words they prepare in the good times against the bad times to come. This brings us to part II... *****II. PREPARING FOR Y2K***** I've gone out on the internet looking for information on Y2K and "roughing it". There are people out there selling prepackaged, vacuumed-sealed expensive foods. I'm not buying that stuff and I'm not crazy about this thing. Proverbs 21:31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but SAFETY IS OF THE LORD. No need to be ridiculous, Jesus is still the Lord... When preparing, remember the essentials: food, clothing and shelter. I'll give you some ideas and then you can adapt them to your needs. 1. Stock up on non-perishables. What I've been doing is picking up a few extra items when I go to the grocery store. You can see what's on sale and get some good deals. If nothing happens with Y2K, you have extra non-perishables around. Invite some church family over and chow down or save them for the times you need a quick easy meal. I buy the small cans so that we won't have to store any leftovers. Here are the types of items that I'd purchase: can opener, canned vegetables, Spam (canned meat), canned milk, pancake mix and syrup, cereal, Ramen noodles (8 for $1), napkins, toilet paper, paper towels, etc. I'm planning on investing in a camp stove. I've stored our provisions under the steps in the basement. I need to organize them so I know what I have. 2. Stock up on water. A human being can go months without food but we can only go a few days without water. I've read that for drinking water you can sterilize your old milk jugs, fill them up with water and add a drop of bleach. Then store them in a dark place. I might start just getting extra bottles at the grocery store. Sometimes you can catch them on sale for under 50 cents a gallon. In order to flush a toilet, all you need is water to put in a tank. I think it was last year when we had guests coming over and the water was cut off because of a line break down the road. Whoa Nelly! We had about two flushes in each toilet and then nothing. We warned our guests to relieve themselves before they came. Fortunately the water was only out for a couple of hours but I didn't forget the feeling. For Y2K, you can take a 50 gallon trash can and fill it up with water. Then if the water goes out you can just dip out a gallon so you can put it in your tank and you'll be able to flush. The night before Y2K you can fill up your sinks and tubs with water too for washing. 3. Lighting. Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. If you want to read the word at night and the electricity is out, you may want to invest in a flashlight and batteries or some other type of lighting. 4. Warmth. Y2K will begins in the middle winter. If you have a fireplace you may already have wood out back. If not, you could buy a cord and put it in the garage. We have a bunch of wood out back but if times get tough some of our neighbors may help themselves--we need to put some in the garage. To conserve heat you can take mattresses and prop them up like a tent in a small room where your family can stay together. We human beings give off a lot of heat. You can also wear warm clothing. On our vacation I got so cold I put on sweat pants, a long sleeved shirt, a t-shirt and two pairs of socks! Growing up my grandma bought me a coat from the Salvation Army. It was nylon stuffed with some material and it had a hood on it. My bedroom was over the garage so you could actually feel the draft when you opened the door. I would put that coat on and tie that hood around my head and I'd be very comfortable. 5. Other. *Gas up before Y2K *Keep hard copies of all your financial statements in case you have to verify what your account status was. *If you are on medicine, start stocking up NOW in case you can't get what you need. *Keep some cash on hand. *****III. THE IMPORTANT SIDE OF THE STORY.***** Y2K ain't nothing but a smoke screen. Dr. Kent Hovind (http://www.drdino.com) spoke of a man who warned the federal government back in the 1960s about the danger of using a two-digit year date. The federal government then commanded all contractors to put in the two-digit year date. The devil's people create crises so that they can divert attention and accomplish some goal. With Y2K it may be the perfect excuse to beef up law enforcement and containment facilities. What's wrong with that you may ask. Remember ye not that in the last days they will kill Christians--by law? In his seminar, Dr. Hovind showed pictures of camps being set up right now all over the country. I'm not saying they are going to arrest us at Y2K but they are preparing for the grisly future. People are going more insane everyday. Many of the people we pass every day are possessed. Back in Bible days they could tell if a person had an unclean spirit but nowadays we wouldn't know one unless it started spewing out curses against God and looking like the character in some horror film (I hope none of us are watching hell-y-wood anymore). Anytime the news makes a big deal out of anything, you need to look right past what they are saying into the spiritual significance. Why are they always talking about gun control? There are Satanic reasons, you know. There was a time in this country that guns were as common as dirt. Every boy had one--and knew how to use it. But you didn't hear of them walking in a school and shooting people up. Nowadays the news does not report on when an intruder is killed. An intruder came into a home, killed the mother and father and then headed for their son's room. The boy was waiting on him with his gun and killed him. The news ain't going to report that. They only report accidents and homicides with guns. Why? They want support for gun control legislation. Why? The government wants to take everybody's guns. Why? I believe it was Karl Marx who said "One person with a gun can CONTROL 100 people without one". I've also heard it said (this is a paraphrase) that when the Government is scared of the people you have a good government, but when the people are scared of the government you have a dictatorship. Why did our founding fathers think gun ownership was important enough to have an amendment of its own? As an aside, let's look at our taxes. After all is said and done we pay almost half of our earnings in taxes. Federal taxes, state taxes, local taxes, taxes on groceries and other purchases, taxes on interest accrued. Did you know that the Boston Tea Party was started over a proposed 1% tax? Look at our parents. We've relinquished our children to the Government's public school system. They learn atheism--evolution is the front. This internet has shown me--this world is crazier and more evil than people think. I hear from the 15 year old who tells me there is no God. I hear from the Satanists, druids, Wiccan, Catholics, Muslims, Mormons, sodomites, and others that tell me I don't deserve to live, that I am a purveyor of "hate". Our website has been on hatelists that the UN Interpol uses. I see it. I ain't scared but I've seen it. Some Christian webmasters are taking their sites down. They'll have to haul me off to jail before I do. I am preparing zip files for those that want to download portions of our site. I'll let you know when I'm done. The more trouble and persecution in my life, the stronger I get. I remember one of the first e-mails I ever got was somebody saying I shouldn't live. My heart was beating fast. I remember other things I won't recount but through it all Jesus has made me bolder. You don't sharpen a knife on a cotton ball. You need something hard to sharpen it with and so it is with us. Another aside: a whole lotta new age mumbo jumbo is supposed to be happening within the next year...keep your eyes open. For the Christian there is nothing to fear. These are exciting times. No, I don't believe "the rapture" (not a Bible word, see I Thes 4 for further info) is going to occur anytime soon. Things ain't bad enough. But these are still exciting times as we see the prophecies come to pass. False Christs and false prophets, love of many waxing cold, people worshipping the dragon (the Devil), people playing with the occult (rock music, hellivision, video games, the public school system has BEEN in the act--Christian parent, get your child out if you can!), etc. For the scared Christian I have two pieces of advice: (1) Get into your King James Bible and (2) start serving the Lord. No time for sitting on the sidelines. This is war comrades! Either you will be strong and built up on the front lines or you'll be skinny, weak, scared, and hiding because you can't fight. I ain't trying to be no coward! Give me the front! If I go down, it's because Jesus allowed it. What time I am afraid, I speak my rallying cry from Proverbs 28:1 "The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion!!!" BOLD AS A LION! A lion does the eating, he doesn't get eaten. If I go down, my blood will be like that of Abel--it will cry from the ground as a witness. People are willing to die for a government that doesn't care about them, are YOU willing to die for your God? He died for you. *****IV. HOW TO RESET YOUR COMPUTER DATE (EVEN IF YOU HAVE A NEW COMPUTER)***** I received the following via e-mail and I did it on both my Windows 98 computer and Windows 3.1 computer... 1) Double click on "My Computer". 2) Double click on "Control Panel". 3) Double click on "Regional Settings" icon. 4) Click on the "Date" tab at the top of the page. Where it says, "Short Date Sample", look and see if it shows a "two digit" year. Of course it does. That's the default setting for Windows 95, Windows 98 and NT. This date RIGHT HERE is the date that feeds application software and WILL NOT rollover in the year 2000. It will roll over to 00. 5) Click on the button across from "Short Date Style" and select the option that shows, mm/dd/yyyy. (Be sure your selection has four Y's showing, not two). 6) Then click on "Apply" and then click on "OK" at the bottom. Easy enough to fix. However, every single installation of Windows worldwide is defaulted to fail Y2K rollover. How many people know about it? How many people know to change that? What will be the effect? Who knows. But this is another example of the pervasiveness and systematic nature of the problem. [I wonder why Bill Gate's people didn't set this correctly in the new computers...he's a smart man.] I also received an e-mail with the following advice-- Set your VCR to 1972 to get the same days as 2000. *****CONCLUSION***** There are lots of other things I wanted to talk about, but my spirit was pressed to share this information for those who may not know much about the coming events. Prepare now because the stores could become madhouses in December. Look for opportunities to stand up in the name of Jesus. For those who are not in church, who are not tithing, who are not reading the word, who are not serving Jesus I pray you will make your calling and election sure. Jesus was serious enough to suffer and die, we need to be the same. for Jesus' sake, sis. tracy -- http://www.jesus-is-lord.com ...I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. Ezekiel 2:4, 6