Posted by
Phillyfanatic(KGK) on Monday, April 02, 2007 12:49:10 AM
It seems strange that after 20 years at this small church , Abundant Hope, in Downey, Ca. as a pastor, I am moved to write articles on scary subjects like The End of Days. I did preach a few years ago through Revelation and spent a long time on prophecy et al. I did not come to a conclusion in my studies and my sermons that there was a solid Rapture time . In fact, I concluded that we all , if alive then during The End of Days, would have to face the music as far as persecution, devasting natural disasters actually planned and carried out by God Himself, and have to face a world deceiver the media even knows as The AntiChrist. Well, today, as I wrote on the church blog at http;//phillyfanatic.spaces.live.com/? I preached on The Vicarious Atonement of Christ for all of humanity's sins. Throughout my examples , I could see in my mind's eye, the books that I picked up recently, the series by Jenkins and LaHaye, Left Behind. I never mentioned them in my examples but I made it clear that now is the time to make a faith decision for Christ before it is too late. I'm 68 and God has put up with me. Who knows how much time any of us have to make an eternal decision for Christ by not serving two masters, the world and Christ but just faithing to serve Christ and humanity? I have no idea when or if the Raputre will take place. The Left Behind series thinks they know. Their point is , we are so close to the end of time that no one should be cavalier in their attitudes on whether to believe Jesus' claims or not. It is too late for such tomfoolery here on April Fools Day. Only Satan wants to make fools out of humanity. God does not. You may smile or reject this claim of Jesus. But, what if you are wrong? I have no idea whether anyone from the church , here on townhall ever reads these meanderings. But, if they do, the most important decision in all of your life is to make or reject Jesus' offer of freedom from personal sin, salvation the Bible calls it, and eternal life. Don't put off this decision. Out here in SoCal, the freeways kill people every day. Scary? You bet and I hope I did scare you. Frankly, I am in awe and scared of God's love, power, grace and salvation. How about you?