Sermon Tone Analysis

*THE CRUDE AWAKENING*

 

 

*INTRO.*

DO YOU REMEMBER THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES THEME SONG.

UP FROM THE GROUND  CAME A BUBBLING CRUDE,

OIL THAT IS, TEXAS TEA.

THE SPINDLETOP OIL FIELD IN TEXAS HAS PRODUCED A LOT OF OIL.

BUT AMERICA’S QUEST FOR OIL BEGAN FORTY YEARS BEFORE SPINDLETOP EVER PRODUCED ONE DROP OF OIL.

THE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS FOUND OIL SEEPING OUT OF THE ROCK CENTURIES BEFORE.

THEY USED IT FOR MEDICINE AND FOR TRADE WITH NEIGHBORING TRIBES.

ON AUGUST 27, 1859, DEWIN DRAKE DRILLED A 69.5 FOOT WELL NEAR TITUSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

AND BEGAN A SEARCH FOR OIL THAT CHANGED THE WAY WE LIVE ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

TODAY WE USE OVER 86 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL PER DAY AND IT'S EXPECTED TO REACH 98.5 MILLION BY 2015.

LAST YEAR THE COST OF OIL WENT OVER $100.00

A BARREL.  MAKING THE COST OF OIL RISE OVER 500% IN JUST SIX YEARS.

TODAY THE COST FOR A BARREL OF OIL HAS  DROPPED BACK DOWN BELOW $100 A BARREL, BUT THAT COULD CHANGE AT ANY MOMENT.

MORE THAN ANY OTHER FACTOR EXCEPT THE

RE-EMERGENCE OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL,

OIL IS THE KEY TO THE PROPHETIC EVENTS OF THE FUTURE.

OIL EXPLAINS WHY THE BIBLE FOCUSES ITS END TIME ATTENTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST.

*DILIP HIRO *WROTE;

*          THE OVERARCHING FACT IS THAT POLITICAL LEADERS ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE COMMITTED TO RAISING LIVING STANDARDS THROUGH ECONOMIC GROWTH, HEAVILY DEPENDANT ON ENERGY IN THE FORM OF GAS AND OIL.*

 

OIL HAS BECOME THE NEW BASIS FOR OUR WORLD ECONOMY.

IT IS THE LIFE BLOOD THAT FLOWS THROUGH OUR ECONOMIC VEINS

 

JESUS SAID IN  *LUKE 12:56**  *

*YOU CAN DISCERN THE FACE OF THE SKY AND OF THE EARTH, BUT HOW IS IT THAT YOU DO NOT DISCERN THIS TIME?*

 

UP UNTIL RECEINTLY, ALL OF THE WORLD’S OIL HAS BEEN TRADED IN US DOLLARS.

AND THIS HAS HELPED STABILIZE OUR ECONOMY.

IN ORDER TO KEEP THE DOLLAR STABLE,

THE UNITED STATES  GOVERNMENT ENTERED INTO A RELATIONSHIP WITH SAUDI ARABIA,

THE WORLDS LARGEST OIL SUPPLIER.

THE AGREEMENT WAS THAT WE WOULD BACK THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT AS AN ALLY IF THE SAUDIES WOULD DEMAND THAT ALL PURCHASES OF OIL

WOULD ONLY BE IN US DOLLARS.

AND SO FAR THEY HAVE DONE THAT.

BUT ON FEBRUARY 17, 2008, IRAN OPENED ITS OWN TRADING EXCHANGE IN WHICH OIL IS BROKERED IN EUROS INSTEAD OF DOLLARS.

THIS NEW EXCHANGE IS THREATENING THE STABILITY OF THE DOLLAR.

*VENESUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ* HAS MET SEVERAL TIMES WITH IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD

 

HE HAS VOWED TO UNITE THE PERSIAN GULF AND THE CARRIBEAN, GIVING IRAN ENTRÉE INTO LATIN AMERICA.

CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT MOST OF THE WORLD OIL RESERVES ARE IN THE MIDDLE EAST IT GETS EASIER TO SEE WHY THE END TIME PROPHESIES ARE CENTERED AROUND THIS AREA OF THE WORLD.

*I.

**WHO USES MOST OF THE WORLD’S OIL?*

 

MOST OF THE WORLD’S OIL IS USED BY FOUR COUNTRIES.

1.

WE USE             20.7 MILLION BARRELS PER DAY

2.    CHINA USING 7.27 MILLION BARRELS PER DAY

3.    JAPAN USING 5.16 MILLION BARRELS PER DAY

4.    RUSSIA USING 2.92 MILLION BARRELS PER DAY

 

IT WAS PROBABLY NO SURPRISE THAT AMERICA IS THE WORLDS MUMBER ONE OIL USER.

WE USE 25% OF ALL THE OIL PRODUCED IN THE WORLD.

IT IS PROJECTED THAT BY THE YEAR 2030 WE WILL USE 34% OF THE WORLD’S OIL.

ACTUALLY, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REFINED GASOLINE, THEN THE UNITED STATES USES 43% OF THE WORLD’S GASOLINE.

AND WE'VE BUILT NO NEW REFINERIES SINCE 1976

 

 

 

OUR GOVERNMENT HAS TRIED TO MAKE US DEVELOP NEW ALTERNATIVE FUELS,

 

BUT THIS INTERVENTION BY OUR GOVERNMENT

HAS ONLY CAUSED MAJOR UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

WHEN THE CONGRESS ORDERED THE MANUFACTURE OF ETHONAL FROM CORN,

THEY CAUSED A HUGE SPIKE IN CORN PRICES MAKING THE PRICE OF FOOD GO UP.

 

THE HUNGRY PEOPLE COULDN'T AFFORD THE HIGHER PRICED CORN PRODUCTS,

WHILE ONLY SLIGHTLY REDUCING THE NEED FOR OIL.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME THERE IS NO ENERGY SOURCE THAT IS SHOWING PROMISE OF SOLVING OUR ENERGY PROBLEM.

UNTIL SOME BREAK THROUGH OCCURS,

THE UNITED STATES WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON FOREIGN OIL.

 

 

*II.

**THE CONFLICTS OVER THE WORLD’S OIL SUPPLY*

 

ON OCTOBER 17, 1973 THE ARAB NATIONS GOT TOGETHER AND DECIDED TO REDUCE THEIR OIL PRODUCTION BELOW THE PREVIOUS NORM.

THEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO EMBARGO NATIONS THAT FAVORED ISRAEL.

PRINCIPLY THE UNITED STATES AND THE NETHERLANDS.

THE COST OF GAS JUMPED TO FOUR TIMES ITS PREVIOUS PRICE.

WE REDUCED THE SPEED LIMITS TO 55 MPH

 

THIS HOSTILE ACT MADE IT INCREASINGLY EVIDENT THAT THE ARAB WORLD WOULD USE THEIR CONTROL OF MAJOR OIL RESERVES TO CONTROL WORLD POWER.

THE PRICE OF OIL NEVER DID RETURN TO IT'S PREVIOUS LEVEL AFTER THE ARAB OIL BLACKMAIL OF 1973-74

 

AND THIS BEGAN THE FASTEST TRANSFER OF MONEY IN ALL OF HISTORY,

SUCKING DOLLARS OUT OF THE UNITED STATES AND FILLING ARAB TREASURIES.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CENTURIES, THE MIDDLE EAST BECAME A MAJOR CONSIDERATION IN EVERY INTERNATIONAL DECISION.

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*ON JANUARY 23, 1980, JIMMY CARTER*

ANNOUNCED  AN IMPORTANT POLICY CHANGE CONCERNING THE MIDDLE EAST.

HE SAID IN HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS;

*LET OUR POSITION BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR: AN ATTEMPT BY ANY OUTSIDE FORCE TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE PERSIAN GULF REGION WILL BE REGARDED AS AN ASSAULT ON THE VITAL INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND SUCH AN ASSAULT WILL BE REPELLED B Y ANY MEANS NECESSARY INCLUDING MILITARY FORCE.*

THIS BECAME KNOWN AS THE CARTER DOCTRINE

 

IT WAS USED IN THE GULF WAR OF 1990 WHEN SADDAM HUSSEIN SENT TROOPS INTO KUWAIT.

THE GULF WAR WAS THE FIRST WAR IN HISTORY

THAT WAS FOUGHT ALMOST ENTIRELY OVER OIL.

 

 

*III.

**THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE WORLD’S OIL SUPPLY*

 

*ARE WE RUNNING OUT OF OIL?*

 

FIRST OF ALL, THE WORLD IS NOT MAKING ANY NEW OIL.

ALL WERE DOING IS HARVESTING WHAT WAS CREATED AFTER NOAH'S FLOOD.

THE RATE OF NEW OIL FINDS HAVE BEEN DROPPING  DRAMATICALLY.

1.

THE 1960s LOCATED 47 BILLION BARRELS OF NEW OIL.

2. THE 1970s LOCATED 35 BILLION BARRELS OF NEW OIL.

3. THE 1980s LOCATED 24 BILLION BARRELS OF NEW OIL.

4. THE 1990s LOCATED 14 BILLION BARRELS OF NEW OIL.

SO THE FINDING AND LOCATING OF NEW OIL FIELDS HAS BEEN GOING DOWN DRAMATICALLY.

IN 2005 WE USED MORE OIL THAT WAS EVEN PRODUCED IN THE NEXT YEAR OF 2006.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING I UNDERSTAND ABOUT ALL THIS, IT'S THAT, ENERGY USE CANNOT EXCEED AVAILABLE SUPPLY.

*OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL HAS BECOME A MAJOR CONCERN.*

ESPECIALLY WHEN THE FOREIGN OIL THAT WE USE

LIES UNDER THE CONTROL OF NATIONS THAT WE HAVE A TENUOUS OR HOSTILE RELATIONSHIP WITH.

PAUL ROBERTS SAID IN A BOOK THAT HE WROTE,

OUR ABILITY TO PROTECT OUR FOREIGN OIL INFLOW IS LIMITED AT BEST.

EVEN IF WE COMMIT TO USING BRUTE MILITARY FORCE.

*IS THERE ANY OIL IN ISRAEL?*