For Those Who Tune Us Out :: By Lisa Heaton

I’ve warned family and friends so much about what’s happening in the world and the soon-coming rapture that most avoid me or tune me out. Can you relate? I can’t help but wonder how Noah kept warning and preaching all those years when just my small efforts have left me feeling beaten down and defeated. Lot, on the other hand, found out and took off in the same day of the city’s destruction. If you look at it from the sake of ease, Lot had the better deal than Noah. We can’t want Lot’s lot (sorry, I had to go there) and hope for ease. In that case, if we were to be warned and removed in the same day of the rapture, then our loved ones wouldn’t have our nagging voices in their heads, and our homes wouldn’t be filled with help and encouragement for the left behind.

So we, for an undetermined period of time, are stuck with Noah’s lot, trying to warn those who tune us out. Like Noah, we are to watch and wait and warn. If I’m honest, though, I’m far from being like Noah. I’m watching and waiting for Jesus every day, but I find my warnings have been waning, especially this past year.

I don’t get out much since I write from home. Other than grocery store runs and the same two or three restaurants I frequent, I don’t have occasion to interact with people as often as most, so it’s difficult to build a relationship with someone, which would allow me to warn about the rapture. Sure, I could blurt it out while the check-out person does their beep, beep, beep scanning of my food, but that will only paint me as a lunatic. People are kind of funny about getting world news from a lunatic, so I hold back. I find myself frustrated that the world as we know it will soon tragically change, and I have no outlet for that information. Can you relate to that, too?

Do you wonder what more you can do when you feel your hands are tied and your lips are sealed? That’s been me, wondering and fretting over my lack of effectively warning the lost and waking the found—until recently, that is.

While preparing my home for the left behind after the rapture, in addition to the larger documents that explain where we went and how the lost can be saved, I created postcard-sized papers that can be tucked among my canned goods and medications and within Bibles. One side of the postcard has a quick explanation of where to find the missing people, and the other has the ABCs of responding to the Gospel, something I’ve used since I served in children’s ministry when my kids were little. I figure those who get saved after we’re gone may use them to give to others, and those who come later to my home may find them in the debris after the first rounds of pillaging. Maybe I’m naïve to think they will be used at all, but even if one is found or given out, I will consider my effort worthwhile.

One day, it came to me; I can use the same format to warn people now. With a quick change of one side of the postcard, I now have rapture info, and on the other side are the ABCs. Honestly, I have more hope for these cards than I do for the ones the left behind may or may not discover in my home. The title of the card itself, Millions Will Someday Disappear! Will you go with them? will be a seed planted, an echo in their heads they’re not able to tune out when millions around them actually do go missing.

I’m not naïve enough to think most will read the entire card, but I trust they will remember the warning and be less inclined to believe aliens took us or some other explanation for our disappearance if they’ve been warned in advance. My earliest title had the name of Jesus in it, but I know how the hatred for His name will ensure the card is tossed out unread. Who knows, maybe the new title will be intriguing enough that some will read past it and on through the most important sentence to follow:

In an event referred to as the rapture, what the Bible calls being “caught up” in 1 Thessalonians 4:17, believers in Jesus will be taken from this world to be with Him in heaven.

If they get that far in reading, the Holy Spirit can water that planted seed. Whatever happens to those individuals who read some or all of the “seeds” I plant, at least I know I’ve done my best to reach a tuned-out, lost world.

Another thought is that a believer may see the card and wake up to the reality of where we are and begin doing this same thing. I don’t know about you, but I’m just as tuned out by believers.

If you’re interested in doing some seed planting of your own, I’ll share a link for you to print out the card I use. Or you may want to create a card with your own wording. Either way, I would love for you to join me in what my friends and I call “tagging.” I only considered it later, but that’s what it’s called when graffiti artists write or draw on a wall. What better work of art is there than pointing others to Jesus, the Word and Savior?

Now that I hopefully have your interest, want to know where I most often leave these cards? I leave them for a captive audience in restroom stalls. Places I’ve tagged so far are restaurants, grocery stores, a hotel, my chiropractor, a marina, an airport, and a Bass Pro Shop.

Additional thoughts:

  • Remember to pray for those who will read the card you post.
  • Since the card is the size of an invitation, consider using envelopes to mail them anonymously to people who may not read anything Jesus-related with your name on it. (Gideon tore down an altar under the cover of darkness, and God blessed his obedience, so I figure I’ll give this a try.)
  • I haven’t yet, but I plan to have some cards with my grocery list so that I can tuck them here and there unnoticed at the store. A seed planted amid loaves of bread is rather poetic, is it not?
  • One friend places cards in church bathroom stalls since she visits “woke” churches for support meetings.

I know there are plenty of other ways to use the cards. Be creative. You’ll find it exhilarating when you tag your first location. Ask like-minded friends to join you, then stay in touch and share where you post your cards. A group of us are having a blast doing it. Additionally, I know I personally feel as if I’m actually “doing something” to reach others, a feeling I haven’t had in quite a while.

Note: Please be considerate of others’ property. If you use tape, make sure you only use removable painter’s tape or something similar.

To use my card format, you’ll find printable PDFs here: Rapture/ABC Cards.

I’ll end with this prayer for us all: “Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness” (2 Corinthians 9:10).

Happy tagging,

Lisa

If you would like to read Lisa’s previous Rapture Ready articles, you can find them here: Lisa’s Rapture Ready Articles/Series.

Join a group of rapture watchers from across the U.S. who meet weekly on Zoom to discuss last days topics in a small group setting. More info here: Daybreak Gathering.

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About Daybreak with Lisa:

Daybreak is a way of life, one of exposing the rising darkness and telling of the soon-coming Light. We only have so many daybreaks remaining before that final sunset when we, as believers, are caught up in the air to meet Jesus.

As an author, Lisa Heaton is a storyteller with a heart for truth. Her greatest desire in her fiction and nonfiction work is to challenge the reader to discover the truth of who Jesus is and who they are to Him. Now, here as we wait for the any-minute arrival of Jesus for His church in the rapture, Lisa’s latest mission is to warn the lost and wake the found and to help others discover their unique voice to share the truth of our times. More at DaybreakWithLisa.com. Contact Lisa at Lisa@LisaHeatonBooks.com.

 

 

The Observance of Days and Times :: By Candy Austin

Galatians 4:9-11 “But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.”

Topical Bible: Observer of Times (biblehub.com)

Excerpts: Strong’s Hebrew: anan – to practice soothsaying. Definition: enchanter, observer of times, soothsayer, sorcerer…

The Unclean Spirits. “…shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times…” – END SOURCE

Paganism, paganism; everywhere we look, hear, think, or do is in line with sheer and utter paganism! Think anything from wreaths, rings, masks, steeples Church Steeples | Biblical Truth signs, symbols, and even the tooth fairy of all things! Pagans and paganism are so steeped into our culture it’s not even distinguishable from Christianity or the American way of life anymore!

What is a pagan/paganism, one may ask? Well, it has come to simply mean “not of the book” (specifically not of the Bible), supposedly not religious or of any religion (especially not Christian), and who follow a variety of spiritual paths including Wicca, Druidry, Occultism, and many others, which is obviously Witchcraft and Satanism, but I digress.

For the casual believer or observer, my question is, did you know that pretty much most things in our daily life come from nefarious means? Meaning that, for example, even the names of our days and months of the year on the calendar are rooted in paganism.

For those who didn’t know, this article is for you. Here are some quick examples: for instance, the days of the week are basically named after some Roman/Nordic gods, not to mention after some of the planets as well. Also, not surprisingly, the months of the year are named after Roman/Greek gods and goddesses and Latin number meanings to boot.

Here they go as follows:

Sunday (Sunnudagr) – named after the Sun – “Sun’s day”

Monday (Manadagr) – named after the Moon – “Moon’s day”

Tuesday (Tysdagr) – named after the god Tiw – Germanic god Tiu or Twia

Wednesday (Odinsdagr) – named after the god Odin – “Woden’s day” in Norse, ‘Odin’

Thursday (Porsdagr) – named after the god Thor – “Thor’s day”

Friday (Frjadagr) – named after the goddess Frigg – Freya the wife of Woden

Saturday (Laugardagr) – named after the god Saturn – “Saturn’s day”

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January – named after the Roman god Janus

February – named after the Roman festival called Februa

March – named after the Roman god Mars

April – named after the Greek goddess Aphrodite – Latin “Aprilis”

May – named after the Greek goddess Maia

June – named after the Roman goddess Juno

July – named after Julius Caesar

August – named after Augustus Caesar

September – comes from the Latin word “septem” which means “seven”

October – comes from the Latin word “octo” which means “eight”

November – comes from the Latin word “novem” which means “nine”

December – comes from the Latin word “decem” which means “ten”

Also, not to mention the observance of the Winter and Summer Solstices, the Lunar Calendar, Wheel of the Year, various hedonistic Festivals, and whatever else pagans ceremonially practice and celebrate as a type of homage to none other than Satan himself, whether they choose to realize it or not!

And this is just ‘scratching the surface’ on the rampant amount of paganism rooted throughout our culture. The rabbit hole and research on all of this and so much more can go on and on indefinitely!

My point in writing about this today is to maybe help the casual observer or nominal believer to hopefully see the truth about most of the things that we have been taught in our lifetime – that a lot of what has become ‘common’ in our daily world is really tied to paganism, all of which is nefarious in nature, and for us to just to be aware of it so as not to continue on in ‘spiritual blindness’ as most of us have been throughout our lives.

For further exemplification, we had a favorite Southern Baptist preacher in recent years who was super nice and friendly all the time and one who ‘never knew a stranger’ (we will never forget him). But he also had a wife and her sister in the church who were staunch advocates of Helloween/Samhain, especially in their online posts of all things.

Oddly enough, during Bible studies, they would preach against paganism but then turn right around after church and talk about how much “fun, fun, fun” Halloween is, especially for the kids. (Incredulous stare) Seriously? #confusedmuch #snowedanddeceived #morethanlikelypartofasecretsociety

Case in point: there is a family on YouTube that we love to watch who are also on fire for God. They have 3 boys and another one on the way and have taught these young men well in the ways of the Lord during their time in home school, which is so impressive to me!

Just recently, though, due to some circumstances, they tried sending their boys to a local Christian/Private school only to have to take them back out after a mere 4-5 days due to the amount of paganism that has infiltrated even in this arena!

Overall, I was so impressed with their little boys and their testimony about not wanting to watch a video or read a book in class with a witch in or on it! Hooray for such Godly discernment with these kids still being so young. Praise the Lord! Here is their video concerning this impactful episode:

I.A.G. FARMS “IT’S. ALL. ABOUT. GOD.” CHANNEL:

https://youtu.be/GBEXmB28wBQ?si=TskjXTqIQelf3id-

Families like these make us feel less alone because we are “not normal” either, and we, too, don’t want to participate in pagan holidays and traditions of men. I also agree that we should not pledge our allegiance to anyone or anything other than only to Our Almighty God/Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

Thank you, I.A.G. (It’s All About God) Farms Family for not being normal, too; y’all are a blessing to us and other subscribers, I’m sure, as well! We need more of us who are like-minded believers to band together on our biblical resolve to stand for God’s Truths instead of the lies of satanism/paganism!

For example, just recently, as we were leaving a local consignment shop due to selling some furniture, we noticed a new adjacent shop nearby that was obviously nothing but pure evil! Sadly, more and more, we are seeing these dark witchcraft/satanic shops and stores popping up all around that sell nothing but things that are purposely tied to be used in paganism/satanism!

Things such as apothecaries and taxidermies for casting spells, clothing items that say, ‘Hell Bound’ among other curses/cursing, items plastered with pentagrams with circles around it (a witchcraft symbol which is seen everywhere nowadays as a normal logo, btw), and basically any and all things tied to satanism is what these shops are all about… just completely disgusting!

Another example is in some of the last ‘so-called family shows’ that we thought we could still watch but are not really even fit for television anymore – such as baking or cooking shows that have the baker or chef cursing and cussing with F-bombs over and over (just in normal conversation, btw), or a dating/finding love show that has the bachelor blatantly using the Lord’s Name in vain while anguishing over deciding who to pick between the last 2 women.

Or even just randomly turning on the TV only to have a paranormal show accidentally cast into our living room for a few seconds, which is utterly disturbing. Or how about a past favorite family show that no longer holds to any biblical values and approves of their daughter becoming a fornicator and having a baby out of wedlock? The list of all of the degenerate shows that are cast through the airwaves of “Tell-a-Vision” mind control/programming can go on and on, but hopefully, by now, we can start to see the roundabout ‘behind-the-scenes’ point.

For instance, as we were driving on our way to a wholesome Amish/Mennonite fair event just the other day, we were mortified as we passed by a Satanic Library/Museum in town complete with the all-seeing eye, triangles, and other Egyptian/Occultic carvings on the stone building! Like, seriously… evil doesn’t even have to hide itself anymore!

Anyhow, just look at the After School Satan Clubs popping up all over the country with very little pushback, and apparently, all-out Satanic Temples are becoming more and more of a thing, too… are we in the last days or what?! Obviously, even to the common/casual observer, it is becoming more and more evident that we are!

BIBLE VERSES ABOUT IN THE LAST DAYS (kingjamesbibleonline.org)

Time is short; for the Christian, it is for us to use this ‘grand opportunity’ to tell others about the gospel message of Jesus Christ so that they can repent before it is too late. There is coming a day when there will be no more chance like we have now. Things will not go on as they are indefinitely; the Bible clearly warns of this.

Please wake up and repent if you haven’t already, especially while you still can; you will be glad that you did! #theclockisticking #thehourglassoftimeisrunningout #weareinthelastofthelastdays #dontmindthescoffers #ithasallbeenforetold #wakeup #Jesusiscomingsoon

Our Visit to the Homestead Heritage Fair 2023:

#amishmennonitefair #wehadablessedtime #sharelikecommentsubscribethanks

https://youtu.be/drmmHKe3mvI?si=eGUlgtFUpe9tlL8e

Until next time… Maranatha!

Sincerely & In Christ,

Candy Austin

(I have no Accolades….
I am just a Nobody,
Trying to tell Everybody,
All about Somebody,
Who can save Anybody!)

The Williams Brothers – “I’m Just a Nobody” Song: https://youtu.be/_wCTQdmXkUg

My Mission is to be ‘Salt and Light’ to a Lost and Dying world,
To be an Ambassador for Jesus Christ.
All for Him and His Glory!