"Things will never get better, only worse until the end"
How it sounds in your head: You were taught 'it'll get worse before it gets better, and better doesn't come till Jesus returns.' Every improvement is temporary. Every victory is hollow. The trajectory is DOWN until evacuation. Why hope?
"Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever."
-- Isaiah 9:7Religion's pessimistic eschatology that denies Kingdom advancement and present victory
Decades of 'last days' preaching conditioned you to expect decline, and much of what you see confirms it. Optimism feels naive or unbiblical.
Joseph endured slavery, false accusation, prison for years, then became second-in-command of Egypt and saved nations during famine. He said 'You meant evil... but God meant it for good'—decline reversed to INCREASE in one day.
I REFUSE the lie that it only gets worse till the end. IT IS WRITTEN of the INCREASE of His government there is NO END—His Kingdom is ADVANCING, not declining. I am not part of a losing, retreating remnant; I am part of a PREVAILING, advancing force. The gates of hell shall not prevail against the church—GATES are defensive, WE are offensive. IT IS WRITTEN the stone cut without hands fills the WHOLE EARTH. That's INCREASE. The BARAK blessing declares I am the head not the tail, above only not beneath—that's ASCENT language, not descent. Joseph went from prison to prime minister in one DAY. God specializes in sudden reversals. I expect INCREASE in my generation's lifetime, not just evacuation. The Kingdom comes ON EARTH as it is in heaven—and I'm seeing it.
Your Father isn't managing decline until evacuation—He's ADVANCING His Kingdom, and you're part of the invasion force. He's running toward you with VISION for victory, not a defeated eschatology that denies His present power.