Money is a very worthwhile item to have and as I have been reminded so many times. It is necessary as well for food and the utilities, for gasoline for the car and the like. Therefore…we must work for it! I remember my time as a “Boot” in the military.

The Drill Sergeant told us, “I will be your mother and your father! I will be the first thing you think of in the morning and the last at night! I will tell you when to eat and when you can use the bathroom. I will tell you when to sleep and I will tell you how long you can sleep, till the day comes that I will tell you when you have had good sleep and when you have bad sleep, if you can snore, sniff, sneeze or fart! I will be everything to you!!”

As you may surmise, there is a reason for this but anywhere else this would be words of a tyrant!! In countries where these type of people rule they tell you everything you need to live everyday. Take a look at North Korea! They will go so far as to tell you IF you can live or not!!

What is more interesting to me is there are literally thousands, upon thousands of people, maybe even millions of people, that choose to live in an environment of “total control.” What is even stranger, the vast majority of the people are poor! They lack a simple three meals a day much less anything else that we deem needful like shampoo and conditioner, skin cream, etc. In time as the old die off and the young are born and grow up, they become more acquiescent of the system than they’re parents.

In the end, there are a people like North Korea, with people who are more drones than Individuals. In the ultimate of ends…love should be more prevalent…than anything else!! In other words, putting everything aside, thinking of what SHOULD be most important in life…what SHOULD be the foremost in our mind…it SHOULD be LOVE!!

It is then evident that they need God more than we do, because God IS Love! We can now see that, these countries will never be anything more than an atheistic country. It will be as devoid of anything in reference to God and their children and grandchildren…will be like wise. If we look at this, through Gods lens of salvation according to the Bible, these generations of people will be condemned to eternal hell! And yet, Gods Word DOES get to these people. It is broadcast through the air and they understand what they hear.

When a person comes out of a place like this, they are extremely self-conscious and understandably so. It is the environment that they have grown up in. It is all they know…it is how they survive day in and day out. Once they begin to experience the personal choice of freedom, they are overwhelmed. As other articles of people like this have said, they talk of being subjugated by another tyrant in freedom, maybe one that is even more brutal: money.

What do you think would happen if everyone took several minutes each day and inspected money for what it really is; wood turned into, paper. Then the ink from plants is applied and it looks pretty, but then…everyone is told…its value is very, very, high! You can get this thing in trade for this amount of the paper! Then the money takes on a whole different perspective and in some case is more valued than a person’s life…strange right?

That is exactly where we are today. Money is more important than anything else. For some, more important than salvation and eternal life! The concept of having 70-80 years of life with as much wealth as we can get has become more important than the concept of eternal life, which comes after physical death.

Take a piece of string. Let’s say 12 feet in length and using a tack attach it to the wall. Now…take a marker and mark off every single centimeter on the string. Let’s pretend each mark is a year of life and by the time you get to the wall, the wall indicates physical death. In other words, after the wall is eternal life or eternal death. Do you now see…the significance or the lack there of…of the string? The string is nothing compared to the expanse of life on the other side of the wall, which is in every direction imaginable…to infinity!

It is at this point, that we should realize…that infinity…is never ending, there is literally NO end to it! We must also realize that it is GOD that created “infinity!!” IF you have not thought about this, take a moment and realize…the sheer POWER of GOD…the magnitude of GODS abilities…GODS wisdom and knowledge of everything! Now…ask yourself, should a being with this much power…EVER be scoffed at…or mocked?

This is more incredible than anyone can ever imagine…and more dangerous to go up against…for whatever reason! It is then, more important that we spend our time, learning of God, than learning of wealth or the things we could get on this little speck of a planet.

As you’re visualizing the planet earth in your mind, back away and envision the entire universe! So what are YOU in comparison to all of that? YOU and I, we are not even a visible speck! Now tell me how anyone could think to “thumb their nose” at God? And while you’re at it, tell me again, how important money is??

Matthew 6:24:

“No man can serve two masters…for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”

Mammon is the concept of money, things and the like, in a greater aspect, it is anything other than God!!

It is also stated in the Bible, in 1 Timothy 6:10-12:

“For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.”

Think on this for a moment: “To LAY HOLD on ETERNAL LIFE” do you see it?? This is specific in every way!! It is even giving YOU a choice; here again, it is asking: “What would YOU like to hold in your hand? Eternal life in heaven with Jesus Christ…who IS God!! Tell me again now, how important is money, wealth, and things?

I am not saying that we should give up money and make it nothing, I am saying that it has it’s own place in Life and it’s TRUE VALUE is nothing compared to the value of eternal life in heaven with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ…God!!

In everything I have ever done or thought to do, there has never been anything as important as Jesus Christ. Money and the things of this world…pale…in comparison to Jesus Christ! This life of ONLY 70-80 years is too short for wealth and the acquisition of things! It IS just the right amount of time to find salvation through the blood of Jesus Christ on the cross at Calvary…which then…will give you eternal life! Think on this for a moment…an ETERNITY…of peace and happiness, of real prosperity! There simply is nothing like this on earth!

As our world continues its spiral into self-destruction and is then destroyed by the Wrath of GOD…SIN is eradicated…Salvation and eternal life through Jesus Christ…takes its place! As we think of this we are presently standing at the “Y” in the road.

We see that there are two ways into the future: One is with the devil, Satan and that means hell for eternity and the other is with Jesus Christ in heaven with eternal life! Every single person that has ever lived, who lives now or in the future will come to this exact same spot and they will be REQUIRED to choose which path they want to follow. No one is exempt…ALL will choose!

One of the things that making the Rapture so significant, is that the Lord Jesus Christ KNOWS who follows HIM and who does not. At that point in time, Jesus Christ will gather those that Love HIM and take them to heaven!

This has to make everyone wonder if they are or are NOT saved to Jesus Christ! Personally, I don’t care if YOU are saved to Jesus Christ by…simply knowing HE loves you or if you have been scared into salvation or some other way! It is enough that YOU belong to HIM!

Marantha Lord!

I worked in the medical field for forty years so there are many things that I know, I don’t have to wonder about them, and I know they will work. In the right circumstances, these medications are sound and have been shown (time and again) to be fruitful in raising the quality of a person’s life. So if a friend or anyone, actually asks me about that particular medication, I would suggest they use it with confidence; there lies the biggest problem with many patients, they don’t know the medication.

Therefore they are reluctant to use it, other than it being requested by their physician. Our God, our Creator, allowed us the use of information and has brought a great deal of life and happiness to us humans. Having said that, please note here a pill or a small procedure, can have lasting ramifications, IF used properly and in the right circumstance.

Antibiotics for instance are probably used too heavily now days but consider their abilities for a moment. Any antibiotic is used when certain “opportunistic bacteria” grow beyond our bodies ability to control it, in other words it overpowers our immune system. As with anything we ingest, all is broken down and passed to our blood system, the endeavor to incorporate nutrition. What actually happens in a broad view is that the body recognizes the antibiotic and creates a certain type of T-cells, which in turn roam about the body and are ingested by the bacteria. The bacteria die from the integration of T-cells called into action by the antibiotic.

Please be aware this is a very basic concept that I am explaining. The actual process is very complicated, far beyond what I am using here. Still, in all, the outcome is a healthy patient. For a moment, consider the “size” of a pill and over time the well being of the patient. In other words, it does not require a huge amount of medication to accomplish the task needed.

How intricate and delicate our bodies are. If left unchecked or if the spread of the bacteria is not stopped, the end result could be death! There is a particular situation one must understand here; the antibiotic is used throughout the body, it does not zero in on the bacterium, therefore, a sufficient amount of the antibiotic must be used, for a given amount of time.

One could say, the bacterium is “sufficiently covered” by the use of the antibiotic and the creation of T-cells. It must be understood, that a single pill will not create enough T-cells to be effective in bringing the bacterium into control. Thus the reason for a certain dosage and the required number of days, sort of like, continuous carpet bombing through out your body, for a certain number of days. The ever-present question is always, why can’t we take a pill that would fix a problem and then be done with it? Never to be needed again, no more “opportunistic anything?”

I’m not too sure how many people here, remember the TB vaccination of old, the “sugar-cube vaccine” of like the 1950s-1960s. Oh, they thought that over a short period of time they had eradicated tuberculosis, they may have slowed its progression in the first world nations, but it still exists today elsewhere. As a matter of fact, the bubonic plague is still around but we know what causes it and have controlled it in the first world nations, but like TB, it is still around.

So where are all these nasty health concerns? They are in the third world nations. How about the Ebola scare caused by E.coli bacterium, which is usually found in your colon? And all this time, you thought that people with bad personal hygiene got sick? Not true. Did you know that all these various bacteria could be found in our soil and water? Maybe in very small quantities, but exist they do.

So then the question arises, why can’t we eradicate all these bacteria? Surprisingly, these bacteria also help us live by eliminating certain toxins or by helping our bodies break down food into the basic sugars of life. So in this instance, we can see that to eradicate them would be to eradicate us as well. We already know the cause of any type of cancer and how to get rid of it…everyone must die. The ultimate point I am trying to make here is this…WE (humans) were never meant nor created to live a day longer than a specified number of years. The Bible says three score and 10, or 4 score with suffering.

Psalm 90.10: “The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.”

The idea we could live forever, is a fools dream! The unbeliever looks to change this somehow, but will meet with failure. Why? God, the Creator said so and that should be sufficient for everyone. And yet, there are so many that continue to try, they also continue to try and be a creator as well, at every turn they fail.

God is the Creator…He has always had a different purpose for us, than to live forever as we are right now. We were created to be HIS people, that we would love HIM and that HE could love us and bless us, as a parent would love and care for their children. Thus far, the vast majority of people exemplify their loyalty and love for God, as they do for their physical parents─little to none!

A day is coming when everyone will be given incorruptible bodies that will be able to survive eternity. The question then is this: Will these bodies be able to feel through touch, etc.? The answer is yes! We will have all the senses we possess right now. Then the ultimate question is: Where will we exist in eternity with these new bodies that will live forever? There are only two answers, heaven or hell!

In 1 Corinthians 15.52, 53, emphasis added: “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. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.”

This is for the born-again believers, whether they have passed on or are still alive at the Time of the Rapture! There is a problem here. What about the unsaved? At the time of their death, which the Bible says they must endure, they will have similar bodies, ones that will endure an eternity in hell. Their sufferings will be with live senses, like now, but the torment will be unbelievable! It will be the exact opposite of Gods love and it will be as far from God, as God will be close to us (believers).

Our existence in this life is according to Gods perfect will in each and every one of us and this is the “thorn in the side” of each and every unbeliever. They simply will NOT humble themselves before the Lord God Almighty and ask for HIS forgiveness of their sin and be washed in the blood of Jesus Christ on the cross.

Therefore they will never see heaven! They will endure eternity in hell where disease and pain and sufferings with burns will exist continually, where anything and everything you could ever imagine that is bad will exist and it never ends! Scary?? You don’t have a great enough imagination to conceive the horrors of hell and personally I hate to think of it.

There will not be a pill to fix what will ail you in hell. There will be NO antibiotic, no soothing suave, no quenching of one’s thirst, no escape from the fire and the burns. There will never be an end to your body! The unbeliever forgets or doesn’t know that God is a “just” God, a righteous God! To turn your back of HIM, HE will turn HIS back on you for your unbelief in HIM and for the existence of your SIN, which is rebellion against God!

You MUST understand: It is a simple choice that YOU make: Follow Jesus Christ and be forgiven of your SIN or continually suffer in hell for your SIN. It MUST be one way or the other! Be assured, that once you die, you will have heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ, you will be given a chance to accept the gift that God gives you. At that time, you will make your decision…one way or the other…and that one decision will seal YOUR fate forever!

To take a pill, requires that you get the medication, go into your kitchen, get a glass and then some water and swallow the pill. This then must be repeated…probably…three times a day for ten days. To accept Jesus Christ means never having to move not so much as a finger, it requires only that YOU believe. To “believe”…that Jesus Christ lived, was crucified for YOUR SIN and that HE was resurrected and is in heaven as we speak, that by HIS blood that your request to forgive YOU of your SIN.

You can then exclaim to everyone Jesus Christ beat the hell out of me…and I am so glad HE did! That my friends is what this life we are living is for, the reason we live…Jesus Christ.