For those of us who have accepted Jesus's Death for our Salvation, this Government Shutdown "crisis" might last only 42 or 43 days!

Administration officials are saying (as of five minutes ago) that nearly 800,000 federal workers would probably be told to stop working if a deal is not reached in the next eight hours. Small business loans would stop. Tax returns filed on paper (mine is still on my hard drive) would not be processed. Government Web sites would go dark--but good news: Mediawingnuts is not threatened--momentarily. And federal loan guarantees for new mortgages would become unavailable--note to son in Leavenworth, Washington: sign the damned papers quickly this afternoon!

Speaking to reporters moments ago, a senior administration official said the cumulative impact of the shutdown “would have a significant impact on our economic momentum well beyond this upcoming weekend." ... "but, what about beyond May 21?" is my question for the day!

The long term effects might be no more than the opening salvo for the seven year Tribulation Period prophesied for roughly four or five millennia so this might be a longer shutdown of the U.S. Government than either our Congress or Barack Obama might be imagining as even remotely possible.

Just a random thought ...

And no, I am not one of the "Rapture Freaks" who are cancelling all plans for beyond May 22 or so. I just thought that it was an interesting thought for the day as I listen to the mumblings of disaster here on the Indian Reservation wherein I work--because of our dependence upon Federal monies.