Now, I'm hearing "end times" nonsense from a family member [View all]

[citizen blues]

My daughter and I declined going to my brother's house on Christmas Eve because of the size of gathering he was having. His wife comes from a large family and the numbers present can grow rapidly and unannounced. To top it off, my nephew, his GF and their 3 month old baby were coming in from a super red where no one wears masks.

Even though I had Covid last summer, my immune system is still recovering and I pick up colds very easily. Additionally, my daughter has taken a lot of precautions and scaled back her contact with extended family and her SO's family. She also had invited me over to her house first, and I didn't feel it was fair to her for me to go to my brother's house then to hers the next day. That was a cross-contamination I wasn't willing to risk.

We texted each other Merry Christmas, and I thought everything was fine. Then I get the following text from my brother on Monday:

Just now I saw that a head rabbi in Isreal is saying that he is in contact with the Messiah and the messiah going to be revealed soon. We know that Christ is the messiah and we also know that in scripture that the messiah that the Jewish people will accept is in fact the anti christ. Bible proficiency is comming together so fast about the end times that I get new information nearly evrey week. But... with this announcement just comming out.... its serious. If you feel a calling towards God listen to it. Get right with God now. We need to be strong in our faith and even stronger in our relationship with God.

We may not know the hour but we will know the season if we pay attention and im certain that we are in the season now.

I love you guys!

Neither of us responded. Then we both sent Happy New Year and "I love you," but he didn't respond. My gut is telling me that I may be losing my younger brother here. We have different fathers and weren't raised together, but I still love him. Now, I honestly don't know when or even if he is going to want to talk to me again.

I'm sorry. I just needed to vent. 2020 couldn't just quietly leave. It had to come in for one more blow. This sucks. I just keep reminding myself that 2021 is the year we get to start cleaning up this mess personally and politically.

One mess I would like to see cleaned up is putting a lot more Karen Laws on the books. We need to bring civility back to public life by holding these entitled Karens (of both sexes) accountable for their racism and their tantrums.