Sometimes I don't see things quite right. I am thinking that this is one of those times. I mean, what I read could not possibly be true. At least, I don't think so. Let me tell you what I think I read and then you can get hold of me and let me know how wrong I am.

     The way I understand this, in Illinois, as of January 1, 2023, there will be no more bail allowed to be posted for someone who has committed a criminal offense. Normally, this would indicate a problem with the bail system over there. I would have no idea what that problem might be, but for some reason they are eliminating the bail system.

    You would think that this would lead to massive overcrowding in the city and county jails, but the folks in the Illinois statehouse have that figured out. Now, this is where I must be totally wrong, because this could not be. But it seems that what I read is this; the really big crimes, like premeditated murder, would not have bail anyway. But to do away with the bail system, the elected officials that make the laws there have designated twelve non-detainable offenses. If you are arrested for one of these offenses, you are processed, given a court date and then released until that court date. These twelve offenses are; second degree murder, arson, drug induced homicide, robbery, kidnapping, aggravated battery, burglary, intimidation, aggravated driving under the influence, fleeing and eluding, drug offenses and threatening an official. Any offense less than these are already just process and give a court date.

    I know I have read this wrong. There are some serious offenses here. These are not community service types of things. These are the kind of thing that send you to prison. If someone has an altercation with someone and pulls a weapon and kills them, they are given a court date and sent on their way. If a man snatches a girl while he is high on an illegal substance and he intends to molest the child and she struggles and he beats her to death, he would be booked on kidnapping, aggravated battery, second degree murder, drug induced homicide and intimidation. He would be taken in, have his picture taken, given a court date, sign his name promising to appear and then walk out and get into the same van he used to snatch the girl and then drive far, far away. 

    I know some would say it is just Illinois. It isn't here. That is not the point. California and New York will quickly go the same way because they will be embarrassed Illinois beat them to it. But even that is not the point. Our society is changing. It is becoming more and more corrupt. 

    2 Timothy 3:1-4 says this, But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 

    I believe we have arrived at the last days. It is time to pray.