"...revolutions, battles, world wars..." & "Murders, abortion, religious persecution, alternative lifestyles the world wants us to accept as normal."
Hey Mom - got news for you: there's nothing new under the sun. See Ecclesiastes something-er-other about that one.
As to murder - see maybe Genesis or whatever about Cain killing Able. Your own Bible is full of murder, abortion, rape, slavery, incest, adultery, homosexuality, drunkenness, butchery, talking donkeys, fantastical visions, etc., so.....
Methinks your Bible says you will be persecuted for Jesus' names sake, so deal with it.
Methinks your Bible also says something about "love ye one another just as I have loved you you", "love your neighbor as your self", and something about checking for the log in your own eye before worrying about some speck in somebody else's. And then there's something somewhere about let he who is without sin cast the first stone.....but then same said Bible proclaims that ALL have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (that would include you, Mom), so hey, check your own heart first, OK?
You "Rapture Ready" people are afraid - very afraid - to be in this world but not of it. You're looking for an escape (escapism).
Snoop around Isaiah where it says something about, "FEAR NOT, for I am with thee."
BlessdMom, where's your faith?!
Now get out there Mom and let your light shine!
{But don't forget that who/what you condemn will condemn you. You know, the old, "Judge not lest you be judged."}