Let me first start off by saying that some of you who read this might think I'm crazy or over zealous. You might think I'm a freak and that's ok with me. I have had a burden on my heart to write this and I hope you will continue to read it until the end.
I am a Christian. I believe that Jesus is God's only Son who came to this earth to die for our sins. I believe He died a horrible death on a cross and rose again three days later. He is alive! John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
All my life I have been interested in Bible prophecy. I never really understood it but was fascinated by it.
I have always also been fascinated with the Rapture of the church. As a young girl, I used to have very vivid dreams of the Rapture actually happening and there was always a certain person from my family that was always left behind. I was sad by that.
As an adult, I have never really paid that much attention to what goes on in the world. You hear about major things on the news and sometimes you have to wonder how much of that is biased, but I've always been so caught up with my own life that I honestly haven't cared that much, unless it's something major.
Until recently.
Right now, I have a stirring in my heart and in my spirit. If you look at the world today, it is a massive mess. We have flooding, rioting and chaos in middle eastern countries, different countries that are having major economic issues including our own, earthquakes, volcanoes irrupting, tsunami's and the list could go on. The US alone has major internal issues. Unless you live completely under a rock, then you know of what I am writing about.
My heart is burdened because I really believe we are living in the End Times. In the Bible , Matthew 24:7-8 NIV (7) Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. (8) All these are the beginning of birth pains.
These things listed in these verses are happening right now.....in real time! What is going on in Israel, Libya, Saudi Arabia, etc is prophesied in the Bible! Isaiah 17 & 19, Ezekiel 38 & 39, Daniel 11 & more.
I know there are those who have heard these kinds of things before in years past and don't take much stock in sermons about the "signs" anymore, but I don't think there has ever been a time in the world's history where we had so much going on at one time. It's crazy! How could you not get excited?
I guess what's on my heart is this, if you are taking the time to read this, then please ask yourself this question. If you died today/tonight, where would you spend eternity?
Alot of people think that if they are good enough or do lots of good works, then they will go to heaven. Sadly, that is not true. We are saved by grace and faith, not by works. Jesus said " I am the way, the truth and the life and no one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6 I'm not saying that good works isn't good . God tells us to serve others and help others. Help orphans and widows. But the only way to heaven is through Jesus Christ, God's son.
Jesus wants a personal relationship with us, not a "religion".
Another question, if Jesus were to return right now (Rapture) would you be left behind?
Here is something to think about. IF you make it through the initial chaos of what the world will go through at that point, and I'm talking about......massive car wrecks, air plane crashes, train derailments etc. because of true believers in Jesus Christ being raptured up, those methods of transportation will almost certain cause a lot of deaths.....What will you do? What kind of craziness will be going on around the world because of loved ones missing?
I hope I'm not rambling here. I'm trying to convey what my heart is burdened with and that's that many "Christians" will be left behind because they didn't truly know Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior.
We are not promised tomorrow.
I recently found a pastor down in Hawaii who does a weekly Bible prophecy update on you tube. He's been doing these for about 5 years now and of course, I am so fascinated....especially because of what's been going on in the world lately. I encourage you to check him out. He preaches straight from the Bible. This link is from this past Sunday's message. Normally his messages are about 30 minutes and they go by quick, but this one was about an hour. He was talking about the Japan earthquake and other things. Please consider watching it. It's awesome and really gets you thinking about your life and where it needs to be.
Aloha Bible Prophecy
http://www.youtube.com/wat
It is fascinating to hear him preach on Bible Prophecy. He has studied it for years!
I write all of this in love and not to scare anyone or offend anyone. These are things that are on my heart and I realize I may not be making much sense. In my defense , it is 1:13am as I write this.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to let me know. I would love to help you know FOR SURE how you could spend eternity in heaven!!!
Lots of love to you! :)
2 comments:
You are not crazy. I couldn't agree with you more! Great post. thanks for sharing!
Amanda, God has blessed you with a way with words. What you wrote was a message that someone reading this needed to hear, and you wrote it in a way that will speak clearly to that reader. Thank you for following your heart and writing this!
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