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Rick Joyner Assures His Viewers 'It's Gonna Be Pretty Much Business as Usual' During the Coming Civil War

Right-wing pastor Rick Joyner posted a video(link is external) on his Facebook page Friday in which he told viewers not to worry about the looming civil war that is supposedly coming to the United States because even though there will be violence and bloodshed, it'll mostly be confined to the inner cities, and life will be "pretty much business as usual" for everyone else.

Joyner, who has been warning(link is external) for years(link is external) that the United States(link is external) is heading(link is external) for civil war(link is external) and martial law(link is external) and recently declared(link is external) that God had “seeded our country” with military veterans who are experienced with urban warfare to head up “good militias," assured his viewers that they would most likely be minimally impacted by the coming conflagration.

"Everyone, when they hear civil war, they think, 'Oh no, every city, community, everybody's gonna be in battles,'" Joyner said(link is external). "Think about it: Only a tiny percentage of the population of America was engaged in the first Civil War. Really it was 1 or 2 percent of the actual population of the country were engaged in battles in the Civil War. The rest of the country went on with business as usual."

"Now, I believe this one is going to be of a different nature," he continued. "It's not gonna be pitched battles with armies. I believe it is going to be inner cities. I believe it's gonna be a lot of militias engaged. I believe it's going to be difficult, no doubt about it, but it's going to be different. But still, in most of the country, it's gonna be pretty much business as usual."