# Implosion

## Metadata
- Author: [[Joel C. Rosenberg]]
- Full Title: Implosion
- Category: #books
## Highlights
- “I asked CBO [the Congressional Budget Office] to run the model going out, and they told me that their computer simulation crashes in 2037 because CBO can’t conceive of any way in which the economy can continue past the year 2037 because of debt burdens.”5 ([Location 115](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007V69E9Y&location=115))
- Ryan has noted that by the time his young children reach forty years of age, “just . . . three programs—Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare—will consume all federal revenues. ([Location 118](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007V69E9Y&location=118))
- “I’ve never seen it worse than it is right now,” he replied. “And most of Congress is absolutely asleep. They’re arguing over cosmetic changes, but few people around here seem to realize just how much trouble we’re really in.” ([Location 137](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007V69E9Y&location=137))
- Here are twenty signs Bible prophecy tells us we will see in the last days: 1. Wars and rumors of wars 2. Uprisings and revolutions and kingdoms being shaken 3. Famines 4. Earthquakes 5. Pestilences and plagues 6. Terrors and growing fears 7. Great signs in the heavens and bloodred moons 8. The roaring of the sea and the waves 9. Persecution of the church 10. Apostasy of the church 11. Betrayal 12. Lawlessness 13. False prophets and false teachers 14. False messiahs 15. Increase in knowledge and travel 16. The State of Israel being reborn and increasingly becoming the epicenter of ([Location 1184](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007V69E9Y&location=1184))
- international attention 17. The gospel being preached to every nation 18. A spiritual awakening in Israel and among the Jewish people 19. A spiritual awakening in Iran 20. An increase in mockery of Bible prophecy ([Location 1195](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007V69E9Y&location=1195))
- Are We Seeing the Signs Come to Pass? ([Location 1202](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007V69E9Y&location=1202))