Peace and Safety

From an article posted yesterday, Netanyahu made this statement to President Obama:

Obama, Netanyahu Agree on Peace, Differ on Priorities

"We're ready to do our share. We hope the Palestinians will do their share as well. If we resume negotiations, as we plan to do, then I think that the Palestinians will have to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, will have to also enable Israel to have the means to defend itself. If those conditions are met -- Israel's security conditions are met, and there's recognition of Israel's legitimacy -- its permanent legitimacy, then I think we can envision an arrangement where Palestinians and Israelis live side by side in dignity, security and in peace," he said.

I picked that up off the live news broadcast and it gave me a bit of a chill. When the news anchorwoman broke away from that story, the first thing she said was, "Security and peace, indeed."

1Th 5:1-4
(1) But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that ye should be written to,
(2) for ye know perfectly well yourselves, that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief by night.
(3) When they may say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape.
(4) But *ye*, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief:

This is a last days prophecy. We don't know who 'they' are, but we know the cry is 'peace and safety'. We are to be watching while we are about our Kingdom business, that we would not be ignorant, but would have understanding of the times and a motivation to warn a lost world.