Week of September 12, 2022 by Pam Crawford
YET TO COME
As a young girl I had heard the story of the Rapture of the church, but as time went on it kind of faded in my memory. I believe because I wasn't witnessing many signs that the world was on a collision course to disaster, it remained as a forethought.
In my forties I read the book "Left Behind." Although this book got a lot of criticism, it was a publication that got me thinking "does this mimic anything in the Holy Scriptures that I was introduced to as a kid?" I set out to settle that which left me unsettled back then.
Fast forward. The year is 2022 and I am now 62. The world all around me has just come through a global shaking as a result of a virus. The economy is a mess and I have never witnessed so much division and depravity in the public square in my lifetime.
In their book "Revealing Revelation" which I highly recommend; Amir Tsarfati and Dr. Rick Yohn write a principle we would do well to follow: "The choices we make today have consequences for the future." I am going to join them in their warnings. They write:
"As we watch the various signs that the Bible gives concerning the second coming of Christ, we also are aware that the Rapture of the church proceeds the time of God's wrath.
We live in a day when the Rapture could happen at any time. The nations of Iran, Russia, and Turkey have become aligned more and more as a coalition, and this coalition will include Libya and Sudan. This alignment was spoken of by the prophet Ezekiel for the Battle of Gog and Magog [Ezekiel 38-39].
When you see brightly lit trees going up decorated with ornaments and candy canes and the television is filled with ads for toys and treats, it is all the evidence you need to know that Thanksgiving comes before Christmas. Likewise, when you see the signs for the second coming of Christ, believers can know that the Rapture is close at hand, because the Rapture comes before the second coming. That means that it is very possible that the day is near when believers will be taken up to heaven by our Lord 😊. But, it also means that the time is approaching for many of your friends and possible family members to be left behind without a faith in Jesus 😢."
Jesus answered: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." - John 14:6
Today like these two authors, I will risk my reputation to speak the truth of Scripture. Because much of what I see out there today concerns me, I feel an urgency to encourage personal reflection. If I end up being wrong about everything that I have taken time to discover for myself; you have nothing to lose. But, what if I am right?
Reading "Revealing Revelation" motivated me to remember that Prophecy has a place in history especially as it points us to the end of this world into the world originally created by GOD. A world that knows no sin, hurt, pain, sorrow, depression, despair... Won't you take a moment to ask God to show you what you really believe about Him and His Word? Your eternal future may depend on this one question. Please don't take a chance of having to figure this out on your own during the period of Tribulation. What I have discovered about that time period I would not wish on my greatest enemy.
Another reminder. Until the day of Rapture, I am available to guide anyone wrestling through that which you may not yet believe. I am so grateful for those that did that very thing for me over twenty years ago.
"The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne saying "It is done!" - Revelation 16:17
Blessings,
Pam
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