PORTERVILLE POST | The "RIGHT" Word © ~ with Brother Scott

| When the “Trouble-Bubbles” Pop
The Right Word^© - Jun 29, 2025
with Brother Scott : scott@portervillepost.com

Many years ago I heard that the Chinese character for “crisis” (weiji / way-jee) is the combination of two symbols for “danger” and “opportunity”. This came to the attention of the American people in a speech by President John F. Kennedy in 1959—but was not an accurate translation of that compound Chinese character.
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In looking into the truth of that claim, I quickly discovered according to Steve Nguyen, PhD (and others), that although the meaning behind the Chinese symbol for “crisis” does convey the notion of danger, the second part of the symbol does not mean “opportunity” but does mean “incipient moment” (i.e. a crucial point, dangerous moment, a time when things go awry, a precarious moment). “Weiji” indicates a perilous situation when one should be especially wary.

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† Isaiah 26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. 21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. [While in thy chamber, meditate on this:]
† Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

In today’s discussion as followers of Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God and the only way to the Father, we are going to speak to the issue of weiji, or as our title conveys, When (or As) the Trouble-Bubbles Pop.
We in the State of California, all of us living on the whole of the left coast of the U.S., all people calling this country home, and everyone else on the planet today are facing multiple crises.
We even now are being confronted by many dangers that are in fact “incipient”; imminent and dangerous threats not only to our lifestyles but to our very lives, which are coming into view as trouble—serious trouble that reaches down to the individual’s level and is trouble recognized as such by the honest minds of people that are paying attention.
This may be your last warning, and if you are not prepared by now, it may be too late to do anything significant to be ready for great trouble.

𝕎hat do I mean by the term “Trouble-Bubbles” ???

For many years in the financial realm the term “bubble” has been used to provide a mental picture of something that is building-up in an unhealthy way that can and usually does ultimately blow up or pop (like something that has reached the limit of being unnaturally stretched such as a soap bubble or overinflated balloon).
The best known examples of bubbles used over the last 25 years were in reference to the real estate industry, the stock market, and personal, corporate, and sovereign debt resulting in bankruptcy or the declaration of force majeure.
These examples just mentioned are situations that unwisely grew in their valuations or their debt-load to such degrees that, like a very tall building that is out-of-balance with nature will for one reason or another or by some unexpected event, begin to tip over and by unsustainable circumstances—crash.
The real estate bubbles have popped and will crash again (and are even now); so have and will the stock and bond markets, as will the result of all levels of money owed that exceeds the ability of the debtor to repay it.
You and I are facing several “Trouble-Bubbles” that will affect us at the personal level, yet as true Christians, our outcomes can and should be very different than all others who are not followers of Jesus Christ—if we are watching, preparing for trouble, and ready to act then trouble, bug trouble comes.
We must face the facts on the issues of certain troubles that will directly affect us.

𝕋hose “Issues” are at least these 10 & could be many others not listed

1. Food shortages and then outright famine here in America
2. The availability of fresh, drinkable water (“potable”, fit for human consumption) as well as any water for washing and toilets
3. War between factions in our own country (the left vs. right, ideological differences, racial, resources)—in short, a war among citizens and against the resulting marauders wanting to take what’s yours and mine
4. A world war that will result in invaders in our own country as well as the bad effects of their weapons on the environment (radioactive fallout, less sunlight due to thick dust in our skies, chemical and or biological contamination, injurious frequency manipulations, an EMP)
5. The loss of critical services (communications, emergency and non-emergency medical help, needed medications, law enforcement, deliveries)
6. The devaluation of our American currency and the collapse of the economy
7. Personal financial nest-eggs crashing (homeowners’ equity, pensions, 401Ks, Social Security incomes, IRAs, bank accounts, and then CBDC controls)
8. Another pandemic and likely more than one
9. Earth changes that will bring destruction in various ways and locations
10. The rise of the antichrist and the one world system of control

These ten things and others not identified can be more easily prioritized in one’s mind as “the big three bubbles” that are both plainly in view now and inflating daily to the sure and certain point of popping—these 3 are:

-1- No food and eventually scarce water,
-2- No means to pay for (or for most to even barter) for critically needed things as a result of a dead economy, and
-3- not prepared to physically protect from and survive real threats of capture or death.

These and others are situations today are building in increased pressure—building toward a crescendo of undeniable crashing noise that will finally explode with the resounding crash of a giant-percussionist’s-cymbal the size of New Jersey.
God told Noah to build and ark—he didn’t dare to say, “Well, I’m 500 years old and a ship that size is not possible for me to build; God, You’re just going to have to do it.” God commissioned Joseph to prepare for a terrible famine—he didn’t say, “Lord, who am I to take charge of all Egypt—I’ve been in a dungeon and a slave for years. Surely there’s someone else that can do it.” Moses argued with God about his calling until the Lord grew very angry with him. If the widow of Zarephath had told Elijah to “take a hike”, she and her son would have been dead in a few weeks at the most of starvation. Peter was shown a sheet with unclean beasts and told to eat, which was about the 3 Gentile servants of Cornelius the Centurion coming to fetch him to come to an heretofore “unclean” Gentile home to share the Gospel.

𝕎hat was “The Message” in some of these examples ???

First, don’t sidestep important things and don’t argue with the Lord but by faith obey, and second, by faith act and you will not have the seriousness of the trouble that all others will have! Noah saved his family, Joseph his, Moses all Israel, Elijah himself, the widow and her son, and Peter opened the door of salvation to all non-Jews.
It remains to be seen what your and my obedience and our preparations will result in that are God’s will for us and others.
There are no excuses for shirking the responsibilities of what God has called us to do in these last days—none! And what is that calling?
Prepare yourself physically and especially spiritually for the worst 42 months of the 6,000-year history of the world that it has ever known or ever will once it’s past; a 3 ½ years of Great Tribulation that are very, very soon to begin.
It is speculated that this looming world war will be short and kill perhaps a billion or more and produce the man of sin.

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† Matthew 24:20 But pray ye that your flight (fleeing, escape) be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
† Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard (leaning idly, slacking); consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty (destitute, needy) come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. [In the summer, the ant has one thing on its mind: Winter!]
† Proverbs 22:3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth (conceals, secrets away) himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished (inflicted).
† Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
† Isaiah 26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.

“When the Trouble-Bubbles Pop”, especially the ones we can clearly see building that will affect us individually, we are taught in the Word to be ready to trust in the Lord and to be prepared for trouble physically and spiritually as best as we can. Not just trust the Lord—but also to do what we can do on whatever scale we can: Built that ark (Noah), prepare for famine (Joseph), sharpen those spiritual gifts and callings to reach out to the Gentile-types that cross your path (Peter), and don’t argue with the Lord or His Word about what He directs you to do (Moses).
And let me add this one additional caveat: We are not to only prepare for our own families and extended family members but also be able to at some level to show charity to the others that God sends across our path; and in doing so, honor God and have the opportunity to share the Gospel message with all others.

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† 1 Timothy 5: [As to our own family:] 8 ...if any provide not (consider in advance, look out for beforehand) for his own, and specially for those of his own house(hold), he hath denied (lived in contradiction to, disavowed) the faith, and is worse than an infidel (disbelieving, without faith in Christ). [...denied the faith? Deny how?]
† James 2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
† Proverbs 3 [As to others:]: 27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
† 1 John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

For the Trouble-Bubbles, literally today the fingers are on the triggers and buttons that will initiate cataclysmic changes to the people of the earth.
The ten threats I listed are like dominoes set up in a row that when just one of the major ones falls over the rest will fall in rapid succession.
If you are not prepared spiritually and physically to not only endure them but be resolutely faithful to God through them you-will-be-a-victim and not a victor, you will become a needy refugee and not an overcomer through Jesus.

ℍow am I asking you “To Be Ready” just the bare-bones basics?

1. Increase your Bible study and prayer times; make your spiritual life the most important priority in your every day (cut down on wasted activities).
2. Pray for the salvation of your family members and friends daily.
3. Ask the Lord for wisdom and guidance each day and act on what you hear.
4. This week and beyond gather storable food (canned meats, dry foods & milk, meds) and several days’ worth of drinkable water per family member.
5. Develop a family plan on what and when you will switch to “emergency mode” and where you can go when it is too dangerous to remain in your home. Know in advance where to go and two routes to get there.
6. Prepare a “Go Bag” for an emergency evacuation that includes important documents, one day’s worth of nourishment, water, and change of clothes, and a self-defense tool. If you do not now have one, purchase a family size tent or at least a large tarp and 50 feet of rope.
7. Always keep your vehicles’ tanks above 3/4s full and when you leave for a safe place, take as much with you as you can; do not show up empty-handed.

One last mental image: Imagine that you live just a couple miles down-stream from a major dam, which in a collapse of the structure only gives you a mere 10 minutes to get to safety. The reservoir has developed serious cracks and water has started seeping through in trickles, and so warnings have gone out to those living in the floodplain directly below it to be ready to evacuate at a moment’s notice.

𝕋his is “Where We Are” Today !!!

The seeping through the several cracks that you should pay attention to are emptying shelves at our local stores, the violent and destructive unrest here in the U.S., and our country’s mounting debt and other countries’ refusing to do business with us more and more, the cyber-warfare that is practicing the shutting down important service systems, nations shooting missiles and dropping bombs on their neighbors, a very dramatic rise in a new strain of Covid in China, and the significant increase in large earthquakes and erupting volcanoes.
When suddenly those cracks and new ones begin to gush out of control, the dam is breaking apart and a mountain of trouble is coming your way. Sirens will blare as your only warning to leave; you must grab what you can in under 5-minutes and leave your home in haste.
Our siren in these days will come from the Holy Spirit and those looking out for you and your family members and will sound-out loud and clear that you need to take action—take action when:

A. A sizable nuclear device detonates on the planet, especially in a conflict-hotspot or even here in America,
B. In our own country suicide bombers start blowing themselves up killing everyone nearby, and or terrorists begin destroying critical infrastructure, and or snipers begin indiscriminately shooting everyone in range while other shooters begin the assassinations of government leaders, law enforcement, and Christian leaders as planned,
C. Civil war involving Americans killing Americans and the wholesale destruction of life and property begins happening across the land,
D. An electromagnetic pulse has taken down the power grid for most if not all of our country, or
E. News that foreign militaries are crossing our land borders in mass and others are moving into the cities from our 3 coasts.

Those living in our cities and towns had better be already prepared to leave those places before the tsunami of destruction reaches their neighborhoods. Again I declare:

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† Proverbs 27:12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
† Isaiah 26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.

When the Trouble-Bubbles begin to pop, how will you react, what will you do, where will you go, and what will you have with you when you get there? Before God, you are responsible for yourself and your family, if you have one.
Don’t say as others are so flippant to say, “Well, I’ll just trust the Lord—He’ll take care of me”; if you do, you have a surprise coming when the Trouble-Bubbles POP!

~ Brother Scott ... With ... The Right Word^© ... For Today~

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