1st kings 17: 8 And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, 9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongs to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. 10 So, he arose and went to Zarephath.
1st Kings 18:1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. 2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. 17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubles Israel? 18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim.
In other words, Elijah is saying to Ahab that the real problem is a lack of obedience, and until that single component is addressed and corrected, you could forget about surviving doomsday. The lesson for you and me in the here and now is the same as it was with Elijah and Ahab, for if you want to survive doomsday, your prepping must of necessity include those two important components: Total dependence on God, which is faith in Him, and exact obedience to His every word.
Therefore, instead of arguing, and fighting over your Medicaid and Social security benefits, we should be weening ourselves off of these systems, wherever we can, so that total dependence on God will not be only words, but deeds. Any doomsday prepping which does not have these two components at their core will be shattered, and will make such preppers vulnerable to the assaults of evil spirits which you cannot see with your naked eye.
Revelation 14: 12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!