Life is coming to an end. Not in general, like all over the Earth, but we will die one day. So how can we get past that? Truthfully, nobody gets past it. If you don’t believe the Bible, then you will find out precisely what happens and where you will go on that day. Most people don’t like to talk about “end-of-life” issues. They would rather talk about anything else but what may happen at the end. The problem with that is that we don’t know when the end of our life will be. It could be tonight or tomorrow or this weekend or next year. But…it will come.
Granted, the end of the world will happen as well but each of us has an expiration date and we don’t know what day that may be. For some, it is when they are young. For others, they could live to be almost a century old. The time that we are living in, which is the prelude to the Tribulation, will not last very much longer.
Prophecy from the Bible says that what we are experiencing with these wars and conflicts everywhere and the weather events around the world is just the beginning of the “birth pains” leading up to the Tribulation. We don’t know the exact date that it will happen except that the church will be taken up to be with Jesus before the Anti-Christ shows up. God knows the hour and the day, we will find out when the trumpet sounds and we are taken up. Then…the whole world will realize that the Bible and its prophecies are true.
Our trip will not be visual like this representation. It will be more like being transported except it will be instantaneous. The dead in Christ will be taken first and then those of us who are alive will simply disappear from wherever they are. In a car or a plane or at home, everyone who belongs to Jesus will be taken from wherever they are. I pray that whoever reads this will be part of that group.
What book could you read over and over again?
The only book that I read on a regular basis is the Bible. It has the wisdom and the advice that I need for my life.
If you think about it, that is what sets Jesus apart from the other teachers. He didn’t just read the Scriptures , He took them into His being. He was the Word and He let others see it in Him and through Him. It’s the reason that we have a hard time understanding God’s Word until we take it into our lives and truly believe what He said.
Yes, sometimes knowing Greek or Hebrew gives you more insight into the meaning of the words but knowing the words and knowing the One who inspired them in a deep way brings His meaning out. Without having to break them down into their components, being a friend of God and knowing Him intimately allows His Spirit to teach your Spirit what He intended. But… you have to be willing to listen.
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