Rome, New York, Amman, Seattle, Great Cities and Silly Questions about them and the Second Coming

Question
Should Christians prepare for the coming events by storing food, buying weapons or fleeing to the mountains or some other safe retreat?

Answer
No. The preparation for these events has nothing to do with our survival, our self interests or our self preservation. It has to do with the preservation of the Gospel during the most intense effort in history to wipe it out. A missing or hiding witness is no witness at all, yet a martyred witness is a powerful and completely unquenchable witness. This is clearly defined in the following mandate from our Savior, and it is a clear warning not to try to save our own skins. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel