An
Open letter to a
searching soul,
You have heard so
much about the “rapture”
of the church, but
have up to this
point, discounted
the subject as
irrelevant, or not
to be taken
seriously. Now you
are searching sites,
just like this one
that deals with
bible prophecy, as
before you thought
it was something to
be scoffed at, and
now it has happened
right before your
very eyes. Fear
grips your every
nerve and your inner
most being. You do a
Google search on
your computer, if
the internet still
works to find out
what is going on.
You turn on the TV
to find frantic
reports of the most
horrifying news
story that a person
can ever imagine.
The greatest event
in all humanity and
time has just
transpired and it’s
plastered all over
the news.
People you love,
people you know,
have suddenly,
unexplainably
vanished. Your wife
or husband that
pleaded with you to
take this man Jesus
seriously, is no
where to be found.
Your children who
attended grammar
school or
kindergarten are
suddenly not in
class. Their
teachers are
hysterical. Your
baby is not in their
crib. You hear the
news, the panic in
the reporter’s voice
that try to explain
what is happening
all around you. You
see the disasters of
planes crashing,
trains derailing and
the accidents of
vehicles going out
of control.
You see reports of
government
officials, leaders
of businesses and
common men and women
of everyday life
suddenly gone. There
is no rational
explanation that can
be found in this
natural world. What
has happened as your
mind swirls with a
thousand thoughts?
Then it slowly dawns
on you and begins to
scream in your mind.
Maybe you see an
open bible that your
spouse had been
reading. Maybe
you’re inspecting
personal items of
loved ones that were
theirs in this life.
Have you just missed
the coming of the
Lord Jesus Christ in
what they called
“The rapture”? What
was it they kept
telling you?
15:51 Behold, I
tell you a mystery:
We all shall not
sleep, but we shall
all be changed,
15:52 in a
moment, in the
twinkling of an eye,
at the last trump:
for the trumpet
shall sound, and the
dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and
we shall be changed.
15:53 For this
corruptible must put
on incorruption, and
this mortal must put
on immortality. I
Corinthians chapter
15.
You run to grab that
Bible you thought
was a joke. That
book that spoke of
fantasies, fairy
tales you thought
that no one in their
right mind would
believe is now in
your hands. You may
have been switching
channels trying to
find someone
speaking what the
Holy Book in your
hands proclaimed and
there is nobody on.
The screens are
blank and the men
and women who
proclaimed the
coming “rapture”
of the
church
of
God
are not on the air.
Then by chance, you
find one channel who
said they were “Christian”,
and they are just as
scared as you are.
They proclaim what
you feared, what
your mind is
becoming to
understand, as you
both missed it. This
preacher who spoke
uplifting words of
personal development
and the “purpose
driven life” is now
just as scared as
you are…… you are
left behind in utter
chaos.
You fall to your
knees with deep sobs
and bury your face
into the surface
below you and cry
out in deep remorse
for your foolishness
not to believe what
you had been told
all your life. Jesus
has come and you
missed it in all
your pride and
refusal to come to
the knowledge of
Jesus as you
personal Savior. Is
all hope lost? Are
you and the rest of
remaining humanity
doomed and forever
separated from a God
who just fulfilled
His promise to
remove His people
from this earth? As
long as there is
life in you, you
still have a chance
and a choice to
make. Will you
continue as you have
or make a change?
Will you start on
the road that you
were pleaded with to
accept before this
world wide event
that has just been
thrust upon you
transpired? What is
that word you kept
hearing before this
hour? Saved? What
does that mean,
being saved? What do
I do now? I can only
imagine your fear
and the events I can
only give sketchy
details, as it must
be more horrible
than anyone can
describe in words.
What do you do?
It
starts with knowing
Who and what you
should have believed
in before this hour.
3:16 For God so
loved the world,
that he gave his
only begotten Son,
that whosoever
believeth on him
should not perish,
but have eternal
life.
3:17 For God
sent not the Son
into the world to
judge the world; but
that the world
should be saved
through him.
3:18 He that
believeth on him is
not judged: he that
believeth not hath
been judged already,
because he hath not
believed on the name
of the only begotten
Son of God.
Final judgment has
not yet come. There
is still time to
take Him at His
word. To believe in
what you had refused
to believe in before
now. At this time, I
would like to point
you to more passages
in your bible that I
want you to read for
yourself and the
surrounding text.
First, I ask you to
read what I am
suggesting in all
love and desire for
you to join us in
this unspeakable
joy, but
unfortunately you
will have to wait
until Jesus comes
back in His glorious
appearing to set up
His Kingdom. What I
ask you to do is
start by reading the
Gospel of John in
that bible in your
hands. Find out who
this man Jesus was
and is today. It
will explain in
detail of why He
came and what He
accomplished. It
will show you what
He wants to
accomplish in your
life, as well. Then
turn to the
following passages
and read the
surrounding context.
Acts
2:38 And Peter
`said' unto them,
Repent ye, and be
baptized every one
of you in the name
of Jesus Christ unto
the remission of
your sins; and ye
shall receive the
gift of the Holy
Spirit.
You must believe
that Jesus Christ
was the Son of God.
You must repent of
your sins and ask
forgiveness of those
sins and request
mercy from God to
impart God’s Holy
Spirit into your
life and heart. At
the present, you are
outside of the grace
of God and His
mercy, but God may
be using this event
to shake you to your
uttermost being,
your very core. The
Holy Spirit of God
stills wants you to
give Him entrance
into your life. He
is knocking. Will
you open the door?
Revelation
2:19,”Behold,
I stand at the door,
and knock: if any
man hear my voice,
and open the door, I
will come in to him,
and will sup with
him, and he with me.
3:21 To him
that overcometh will
I grant to sit with
me in my throne,
even as I also
overcame, and am set
down with my Father
in his throne.
Romans
5:10 "For if,
while we were
enemies, we were
reconciled to God
through the death of
his Son, much more,
being reconciled,
shall we be saved by
his life;
5:11 and not
only so, but we also
rejoice in God
through our Lord
Jesus Christ,
through whom we have
now received the
reconciliation.
John
14:6 Jesus
saith unto him, I am
the way, the truth,
and the life: no man
cometh unto the
Father, but by me.
There is no other
way, no pathway
through any
religion, no feel
good gospel can lead
you to eternal life.
Other men might have
led you to believe
that all religions
lead to God, like a
spoke on a wheel,
they all lead to the
axle which is God.
That was the lie
they wanted you to
believe, what Satan
wanted you to
believe. You cry
out, “I was a good
person. Why was I
not given that much
credit?” Yes, you
might have been an
upstanding citizen.
You went to church
on Sunday with your
spouse and kids. You
sat there with every
thought but what was
being preached, just
to get through so
you could go play
golf, or go fishing,
or any other
activity apart from
following what God
was drawing you to.
But what was it you
were told? What was
God trying to
convince you of?
Romans
3:23 "For all
have sinned, and
come short of the
glory of God;
3:24 Being
justified freely by
his grace through
the redemption that
is in Christ Jesus:
3:25 Whom God
hath set forth to be
a propitiation
through faith in his
blood, to declare
his righteousness
for the remission of
sins that are past,
through the
forbearance of God;
3:26 To
declare, I say, at
this time his
righteousness: that
he might be just,
and the justifier of
him which believeth
in Jesus.
No
manner of good
works, although
honorable in itself,
can remove the
penalty of sin from
any man or woman.
God is holy and to
stand before Him, we
must be found holy.
We must be clothed
with the
righteousness of His
Son, who died for
us. God the Father
will see nothing but
Jesus in us, and
everything else will
be forgotten and
separated from us,
as the east is from
the west, so shall
our sins be. You
cannot be good
enough, generous
enough, or righteous
in your own power to
stand before
Almighty God and be
counted forgiven of
being a person
wallowing in sin.
Romans
10:8 “But what
saith it? The word
is nigh thee, even
in thy mouth, and in
thy heart: that is,
the word of faith,
which we preach;
10:9 That
if thou shalt
confess with thy
mouth the Lord
Jesus, and shalt
believe in thine
heart that God hath
raised him from the
dead, thou shalt be
saved.
10:10 For with
the heart man
believeth unto
righteousness; and
with the mouth
confession is made
unto salvation.
10:11 For the
scripture saith,
Whosoever believeth
on him shall not be
ashamed.
It
is not good enough
to understand the
words, but a person
must internalize
them. They must
believe them in
their heart and mind
that these words are
truth and were made
for the salvation of
mankind, including
you. You must take
that step of faith,
even in this
terrible hour to
understand, to
believe that Jesus
died for your sins
and wishes you to
spend eternity with
Him and the Father
in heaven and on a
coming new earth.
You must believe in
your heart of hearts
that God raised Him
from the dead and
seated Him in glory
at His right hand.
James
2:19,”Thou
believest that there
is one God; thou
doest well: the
devils also believe,
and tremble.”
He
has now come, as He
promised and you are
left to face what
will come upon the
earth. What is
coming? This is
wrath, my reader and
judgment from a
righteous and Holy
God. But what is
this wrath and what
can you do now?
Revelation
6:16 "And said
to the mountains and
rocks, Fall on us,
and hide us from the
face of him that
sitteth on the
throne, and from the
wrath of the Lamb:
6:17 For the
great day of his
wrath is come; and
who shall be able to
stand?
This wrath is the
judgment of God upon
a rebellious and
unholy humanity that
professes all
unrighteousness and
have turned their
back on their
Creator and have
turned to the
worship of the
creation. I would
describe it as it
was in the days of
Noah. Our brother,
Terry James gave an
excellent analogy of
this period of time
and I believe it was
Holy Spirit
inspired. We who
lived before this
hour you are now
experiencing were
living as it was in
the days of Noah. We
all were giving in
marriage, eating and
drinking and life
was status quo,
until as in the days
of Noah, the flood
came and swept them
all away. So it has
happened now. God in
His wrath will sweep
away all rebellion.
Two thirds of
mankind will be
extinguished, the
earth will be
scorched, the waters
will be turned
unusable for
consumption, and a
madman will be
hunting down anybody
who professing any
allegiance to God.
That is why we have
believed in two
visitations of
Jesus, the one you
just experienced
that left the world
in total chaos and
upheaval, and the
one that will reveal
Jesus to come and
save a world on the
verge of extinction.
It won’t be the
world in status quo
or the same as it
was before Jesus
came the first time
in these last days.
Before Jesus comes
to set up His
Kingdom, the world
will be near total
annihilation. Unless
Jesus shortens this
time, no flesh will
be saved, but for
the elect, He will
shorten it.
(Matthew 24:22)
I
give you a word of
dire warning, my
reader. There is
coming a man, that
you will see arise.
He may already be on
the scene as you
read this. He will
use words that will
attempt to calm the
storm all around
you. He will give
false promises and
reasons for this
calamity. He will
try and convince you
that all is well and
try and explain away
the disappearance of
millions of people.
I can only hear him
in my mind saying
“Alien abduction” or
“being destroyed
because they stand
in the way of the
evolution of
mankind.” He will
resort to that kind
of deceiving lies.
Be not deceived. The
Bible describes him.
He is the
Anti-Christ who will
be a powerful
dictator of the
whole world for a
very short period of
time.
II
Thessalonians
2:8 "And then
shall that Wicked be
revealed, whom the
Lord shall consume
with the spirit of
his mouth, and shall
destroy with the
brightness of his
coming:
2:9 Even him,
whose coming is
after the working of
Satan with all power
and signs and lying
wonders,
2:10 And with
all deceivableness
of unrighteousness
in them that perish;
because they
received not the
love of the truth,
that they might be
saved.
2:11 And for
this cause God shall
send them strong
delusion, that they
should believe a
lie:
2:12 That they
all might be damned
who believed not the
truth, but had
pleasure in
unrighteousness.
Believe him not. He
will try and say
words that will try
and calm you, to
deceive you, but the
Word of God says
that he is filled
with the spirit of
Satan.
II Thessalonians
2:3, “Let no man
deceive you by any
means: for that day
shall not come,
except there come a
falling away first,
and that man of sin
be revealed, the son
of perdition;
2:4 Who
opposeth and
exalteth himself
above all that is
called God, or that
is worshipped; so
that he as God
sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
He
will try and
convince you that
your continued way
of life is for the
good of the planet.
He will speak soft
words and lure you
to follow his master
plan of a “greener
earth” and salvation
of humanity through
human endeavor. He
will make himself
out to be a god in
the flesh and demand
a mark of loyalty. A
further word of
warning:
Revelation
14:9 And the
third angel followed
them, saying with a
loud voice, If any
man worship the
beast and his image,
and receive his mark
in his forehead, or
in his hand,
14:10 The same
shall drink of the
wine of the wrath of
God, which is poured
out without mixture
into the cup of his
indignation; and he
shall be tormented
with fire and
brimstone in the
presence of the holy
angels, and in the
presence of the
Lamb:
14:11 And the
smoke of their
torment ascendeth up
for ever and ever:
and they have no
rest day nor night,
who worship the
beast and his image,
and whosoever
receiveth the mark
of his name.
All who take this
mark will do it with
full knowledge of
their actions. They
may believe the lie,
but will take a mark
of loyalty and
proclaim this man,
as a god, to their
eternal destruction.
They may think of
him as “the anointed
one” a false
messiah. Be not
deceived, I plead
with you. Therefore:
II Timothy
1:8 Be not thou
therefore ashamed of
the testimony of our
Lord, nor of me his
prisoner: but be
thou partaker of the
afflictions of the
gospel according to
the power of God;
1:9 Who hath
saved us, and called
us with an holy
calling, not
according to our
works, but according
to his own purpose
and grace, which was
given us in Christ
Jesus before the
world began,
1:10 But is now
made manifest by the
appearing of our
Saviour Jesus
Christ, who hath
abolished death, and
hath brought life
and immortality to
light through the
gospel:
Be
not ashamed of Him
any longer. Now is
the day of
salvation:
II Corinthians 6:2,
“For he saith, I
have heard thee in a
time accepted, and
in the day of
salvation have I
succoured thee:
behold, now is the
accepted time;
behold, now is the
day of salvation.”
And again:
Luke
19:10 "For the
Son of Man has come
to seek and to save
that which had
become lost."
You have come to a
cross roads in your
life and your
spiritual condition.
You can continue in
this, your way of
life. You can
believe the lies
that this
charismatic man
called the
Anti-Christ has with
his silky words of
deception, or you
can listen to the
still, small voice
that calls you to
repentance and to
follow Him, Jesus
Christ. It won’t be
easy to do the
latter, but to
follow the former
will damn you to a
devil’s hell burning
with fire and
brimstone.
Titus
3:3 For we
ourselves also were
sometimes foolish,
disobedient,
deceived, serving
divers lusts and
pleasures, living in
malice and envy,
hateful, and hating
one another.
3:4 But after
that the kindness
and love of God our
Saviour toward man
appeared,
3:5 Not by
works of
righteousness which
we have done, but
according to his
mercy he saved us,
by the washing of
regeneration, and
renewing of the Holy
Ghost;
3:6 Which he
shed on us
abundantly through
Jesus Christ our
Saviour;
3:7 That being
justified by his
grace, we should be
made heirs according
to the hope of
eternal life.
If
you are reading this
and the horrible
events that I
briefly describe
have not transpired
as of yet, then
there is still time
to make that
decision for Jesus
Christ. It’s a
matter of your
eternal destination
and to soberly
meditate on. Do it
now while there is
still time. Take
each of these
passages and devour
the words preceding
and following each
quoted scriptures.
Drink them in and
let them fill you
mind and your heart.
Then take action by
doing a simple
sinner’s prayer:
Lord Jesus, I ask
you to come into my
heart. I am a sinner
and confess my sins
to you. Cleanse me
from all
unrighteousness and
give me the strength
and faith to follow
you to the very end.
I believe you died
and rose again, as
you have come and I
want to be with you,
when you come again
to set up your
Kingdom. Allow me in
your mercy and grace
to be added to your
Book of Life. I live
to follow you, as My
Lord and Savior. I
ask these in the
Name of the only
begotten Son of God,
Jesus the Christ.
Amen.
If
there is anything I
can help you with,
pray with you about,
or just listen this
side of the coming
of our Lord, email
me at
realteam1999@sbcglobal.net.
This is Mike
Taylor asking God’s
blessings on you all
and here’s praying
that we meet at
Jesus feet.