Thursday, February 25, 2010

MARANATHA!!!!

Scripture teaches us that one day, which one unknown by us, our risen Savior will come from heaven to take His own to heaven…wow! This promise I originally learned as a child in Sunday School, and God re-emphasized to me and returned me to Himself at the age of 36 by reading Hal Lindsey’s book, Late Great Planet Earth. I recognized that what Hal wrote concerning the Lord’s return was possibly even probably going to happen in my lifetime. The primary reason I believe this to be true is his point that for the first time in over 2,000 years, Israel is in it’s own land. Because of the book by Hal, and reading additional  books on the same subject, I have become convinced this is the timeframe. Matthew 24 gives us a good itinerary of events prior to His return and tells us this…”therefore, keep watch.” You could well ask, what does He mean to “keep watch.” As I see it, it means to go about your life, being a faithful testimony by living out Biblical principles. By allowing the Holy Spirit to make the changes in our character that are necessary to conform us to the image of Christ, being an active member of the Body of Christ. We are to contribute as the Holy Spirit directs. Additionally, we are to remember we are pilgrims here, heaven is our home, we are not to become “like” the world around us but be separate and a testimony. But, we are to “WATCH!” Be aware of what is going on around us in our town and state, the governing of our great country and the world. And we are to look at this governing from the Bible’s point of view. I am sadly disappointed at the illiteracy of the church in general concerning prophecy. WE MUST KNOW THE TIME IN WHICH WE LIVE FROM GOD’S PERSPECTIVE! If we don’t we will fit into the parable of the Ten Virgin’s in Matthew 25, half kept themselves ready, half did not and were left behind. Where are you? I would urge anyone that reads this blog to carefully read or re-read the books of Revelation and Daniel. Hal Lindsey has a great web page with loads of information, all backed up, on exactly this point. Hal is also a great student of the Israeli people and their homeland. If you don’t understand about Israel’s history, you will be totally uninformed concerning prophecy. ISRAEL IS HISTORY AND THE OBJECT OF PROPHECY! We are privileged to be living in the time frame when the return of Christ for His church will probably happen…we may never face death, but rather be taken up to the clouds and be changed, and meet our Lord. Hallelujah!!! Read or re-read the portions in I Corinthians 15:51-57 and I Thessalonians 4:13-18, which will tell you about what we call “the rapture” of the church or the “catching away.” I cannot think of a greater privilege than to among that company, I and my immediate family. These are exciting times, and Israel is the centerpiece. If you are not following current events you are missing an exciting (and at times, discouraging) series of events. Please don’t be fooled…Israel  is not the bad guy here. They have problem areas, but they are not the heavy’s. If you want to have a discussion on this issue you can email me at eagleone4@comcast.net and I will be happy to share. I love prophecy, mainly because I can see the detail in God’s plan. I love to do timelines and research on Biblical events…recently I spent a lot of time going back over the history of the Jews and the Arabs. Most Christians know the bad blood began with Abraham’s sons, Ishmael and Isaac. The Bible tells us that Abraham and Sara “helped God out” by Abraham fathering Ishmael by Sara’s Egyptian maid, Hagar. He was the child of the flesh. When the time was right, God opened Sara’s womb and she gave birth to Isaac in their old age, the child of promise, Genesis 15:4.  A major problem today is that so few people, Christians as well as non-Christians do NOT believe the Bible is God’s inerrant word and therefore do not believe what it says. However, there are many historical records that back up the teaching of Scripture as factual. And, remember please, just because you don’t believe what the Bible teaches doesn’t make it untrue. It is still the Word of God, true and faithful, every jot and tittle. In addition to loving Scripture and prophecy, I have become a follower of current events, probably because of my love and knowledge of prophecy and being able to see the alignment of those current events with the bible teaching about future events. It is exciting! God is never wrong, always is right on the mark, total truth! We are about to see the fulfillment of God’s plan for mankind and the Jews in particular. Praise Him, He is about to come.

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