For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ep 6:12
History is filled with unheeded warnings of doom, and looming evil. In 45 B.C. Julius Caesar was told by a soothsayer, Spurinna, to beware the ides of March. Caesar's wife also expressed, from a dream, concerns that he was entering a dangerous time. Caesar feared the omens, but a 'friend' and trusted associate, Decimus Brutus, convinced him to attend a meeting with the Senate. “Will someone of your stature pay attention to the dreams of a woman and the omens of foolish men?” The rest is history.