America’s eyes have [recently] been on New Hampshire. But we’ve been so focused on the outcome of the presidential primaries, we have not noticed the dark specter that is rising there.
According to several recent polls, the number one concern for New Hampshire residents is not who will be the Democrat or Republican nominee. It’s not the economy. It’s not even President Obama’s number one concern: climate change.
Surprisingly, the issue that is uppermost for the greatest number of New Hampshire residents is drug abuse.
In 2014, drug abuse was the top concern of 3% of the citizens of the “Granite State.” By 2015, that number had grown to 25%.
Why? Because there is a heroin epidemic in New Hampshire. According to the Boston Globe, “Drug overdoses have become the second most common cause of death in New Hampshire and could move into the top spot soon.”
Heroin? Didn’t that go out with the ’60s?
Apparently not.
Most of us associate heroin users with big cities and dingy tenements and blighted urban areas. But the largest city in New Hampshire is Manchester, with a population of only 110,000.
Heroin, once a main problem of metropolitan ghettos, is now flowing into small town America. Study after study indicates that massive amounts of cheap heroin are rolling into rural and suburban areas every day.
I would dare say that most people thought that, as a society, we had become enlightened enough to identify the dangers of drug abuse and avoid them. Especially the hard, absolutely devastating stuff like heroin. But not only are we not avoiding drug abuse, we are embracing it. Whole states are legalizing the use of recreational drugs.
But those of us who believe the Bible’s predictions about the end times should not be surprised in the least. In fact, the Apostle John in the Book of Revelation notes that excessive drug use will be a hallmark of the end times.
So don’t be surprised when this problem increases ferociously in the coming months and years. It will be just like the other “birth pangs,” growing in frequency and intensity as we approach the return of Jesus Christ to snatch away His true followers.
from the Hal Lindsey Report – February 12, 2016
