All right then, as Jim Fletcher of Rapture Ready website stated, “I am going to put on my big boy pants and make a startling comment!” It is FACT that My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem…a JEW…and he was born to Mary and Joseph…who were JEWS as well. Mary and Joseph, the parents of Jesus Christ, were in the lineage of King David and Mary and Joseph and Jesus worshiped God in the synagogue in Jerusalem. Jesus Christ is Lord, HE is also God…in human form, as is the Holy Spirit is God and the Father is God, they are the personage of God…all together!!

Now…if you have a problem with that…first realize, it is YOUR problem, not mine! I already KNOW these facts and I call Jesus Christ my Lord…I have NO problem with prostrating myself in HIS view. I am HIS servant, I will do as HE asks me to do and if that calls for my death, then so be it!! I KNOW where I am going to be in eternity…heaven with my Lord and Savior!

As I stated in my last writing, I am a “saved” Alpha Dog who desperately wants to be more like a “saved” Beta Dog. If you recall, I use this naming to make it easier to see my faults and learn from others. But…I will NOT follow or listen to anyone, that speaks against the Word of God to us, the Bible.

The Lord God Almighty has shown me many things in my own life that proves to me…HE is GOD! HE has shown me how my life came to be and by whom and HIS hand was in everything long before I was ever thought of. My Lord knows my errors and sin…as do I…And it is HIS Love that covered my SIN with HIS precious blood on the cross at Calvary. I enjoy saying “I am so saved in ain’t even funny” and as a matter of fact…my being saved is downright serious!

The next thing that I remember was the overwhelming need to study the Word of God, to better understand why I am here and what I am suppose to be doing while I’m here. I am still working on this part and I probably will be for the rest of my life. The reason is simple actually, as I read the Word of God, I ask for His wisdom and discernment, which the Lord provides and then I sit back and watch each and every verse expand in every direction.

The verses of the Bible take on a life of their own and they grow deeper. The verbiage expands as well, translation is enormous and I learn and continue to learn. This is what the unsaved individual never sees in the Bible, no matter how many times they read it─it never makes sense to them.

I WANT to KNOW…my Lord and Savior, I want to KNOW why HE would die on a Roman cross for someone like me, so as I read and read, I begin to understand HIS love. At the moment, I yearn to see HIS face, to put my ear to HIS chest and hear HIS heart, the heart that stopped for three days, just to save a worthless individual as me. Here’s what is so weird, Jesus Christ thinks I am so valuable, that HE would give up HIS life to save someone like me and yet the world would rather I not consume another breathe of air.

Therefore, to the world I say this, “You think you have what it takes to take me out? Bring it on!!! Now, if by sheer chance, you succeed, know this…YOU will have actually sent me where I want to be…with my Lord and Savior…in anticipation of this feat…Thank you from the bottom of my heart! By the same token, if you fail, the next person you will see is Jesus Christ, but sadly, your destination will not be what you want it to be! As my Dad used to say, ‘Put that in your pipe and smoke it!’”

John 15:18-19: “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.”

That speaks volumes to me! I am not trying to be obnoxious here, I am speaking the truth with my Lord…I fear nothing and no one! Come time, I will hear my Lord say to me as recorded in Matthew 25:23: “Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.”

That is all I want to hear my Lord say, and when I look into HIS eyes, I will see HIS joy and happiness, what more could anyone ask for??

Somewhere along the way people have gotten on the wrong foot, they somehow think they can DO something great enough to BUY their way into heaven! That is totally WRONG!! That is Satan talking to you and like an idiot, you’re listening to him, just like Adam and Eve.

It says in John 15:5-7: “I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.”

There it is in writing, straight from the Word of God─the Bible! You can NOT say enough “Hail Mary’s” and you can NOT say enough “Our Father’s” and if you pray to Mary, your prayers will never be heard…Jesus Christ is Lord! THERE IS NO OTHER GOD! JESUS CHRIST IS LORD AND GOD! If you so desire to pray…and you want your prayers to be heard…then pray to God…and no other!

John 14:6-7: “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.”

There is no other explanation, there is no other way, there is only one God and HE is the only one that hears your prayers! Your relationship with the Lord God Almighty…is a “one on one” relationship…Jesus Christ is Lord of all and Jesus Christ is GOD!

The point is this! The problem is not me, or anyone like me…it is YOU! YOU have until the moment of your death or the Rapture to find Jesus Christ and make a relationship with HIM…on HIS terms, not your terms! After death or the Rapture, there are only two places to go…heaven…or hell! It is YOUR decision, not anyone else’s…and there will not be any acceptable excuses…You are either saved by the grace of Jesus Christ…you go to heaven…or you are not saved and your are certainly headed for hell! One last thing to remember…either way you go…it will last for eternity…that is forever and ever!!

Rapture Ready along with others believe the Word of God is the absolute truth, that Jesus Christ is Lord over all and all of us will stand before HIM…and HE will either be your Father…or your judge and executioner! It is vitally important that you understand that the DECISION has always been YOURS to make! No one will ever be able to intercede for you. There is no human…righteous enough for that task, no priest…no pastor…no rabbi…no imān…whatever, able to save you from eternal hell! As Jesus Christ said: “I am the way the truth and the life, no man cometh unto the Father except by me.”

Everything in the Word of God─the Bible, points to that one central idea and it is the truth, because God said so. For me that is enough! The Rapture of the church of Jesus Christ is very, very, close to taking place. Being that time is so very, very, short, take a few moments and ask the Lord for HIS wisdom and discernment and then read the Bible! Start in Matthew and read, try and understand that Jesus Christ loves you as much as HE loves me, He doesn’t want you to go to hell, but YOU must ask HIM into your life!

It doesn’t matter what you have ever done before in your life, no matter whatever you think you have done wrong! Jesus Christ is here and is always willing to accept you and forgive you of your sin, if you will ask HIM to! You will then be an adopted Son of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and you will inherit heaven for eternity!

Being that no one ever knows the day of his or her death, it is always a sudden occurrence. It makes the need to accept Christ more important than ever. Don’t wait, don’t put it off, you will never know when today…ends for you! I hope and pray I will see you in the Rapture, so until then may the Lord Bless and keep you, until we sit at HIS feet in heaven. Marantha Lord!

“For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 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 Thessalonians 2:7-8, emphasis added).

The emboldened area in the verse above, is talking about the Holy Spirit. Think on this for a moment, pay attention for a moment, what would happen if the Holy Spirit was suddenly NOT here?

The vast majority has no idea what the Holy Spirit is about. Therefore they have no idea of what would be lost, if HE left us. IF GOD SUDDENLY WITHDREW HIS HOLY SPIRIT FROM THIS WORLD WE WOULD HAVE NO LOVE, OR JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, GENTLENESS, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITH or FAITHFULNESS, MEEKNESS, OR TEMPERANCE, FOR THESE ARE ALL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT!

And these are only some examples of what I can think of off the top of my head. Just remember this, which is a pretty good start, right? Simply take each one of them and consider what the opposite would be, then…consider the world for one hour…without the benefit of the Holy Spirit. IF you are able to catch on to what I’m talking about, you will be able to see the benefit of the Holy Spirit to EVERYONE on the face of this earth.

No one is going to care about helping anyone out for any reason because there is no love any more! And the idea of entering a hospital for emergency help will be non-existent. I have written before about this saying now days, “It’s all about ME!” Well guess what? When the Holy Spirit is gone and you are still here, that particular statement will be an ultimate TRUTH!

No one is going to care about anyone else, for any reason! No one is going to care about being lawful or courteous to you or anyone else! You think you have witnessed “road rage” before? “You ain’t seen anything yet!” How about a man holding the door for a lady or maybe you accidentally bump someone in the store, do you think anyone is going to say “Excuse me?” How about needing to go to the church for some quiet time, what church?? What quiet time and with who?

Remember the last time you went “window shopping” and you saw something you would like to have?? It won’t be there! Someone else has seen it and broke the window and stole it!! Go ahead and call 911 when someone decides to “invade” your home. Do you really think the police will respond, or even EMS for that matter! Let’s say your having a heart attack!! Now what?

No one cares anymore remember?? All of these things are going to take place…because the Holy Spirit will NO longer be here! The Rapture of the church of Jesus Christ has taken place…YOU are still here…YOU were left behind…the Holy Spirit is GONE!!

Here is one problem that I always see happening, “Well, I’m too busy for that right now! I’ll get around to it a little later, alright?” And we’re talking about developing a relationship with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! There is NO ONE on the face of this earth that KNOWS when the Rapture of the church will take place! It could be in five years or five months, five weeks or it could be this evening …NO ONE KNOWS except the Lord God Almighty!

The thing is…are YOU going in the Rapture or are YOU going to be left behind? There are too few people anymore that plan for the future! Check out how many people have any REAL savings in the bank. They either KNOW something every one else doesn’t…or their CRAZY! Let’s see here, what was the saying? Oh Yeah…“I’ve got more time than money!” Today…most do not have either but for most, “Left Behind” is going to spell out the worst of situations…death…will be common, because the human life will have no value any more!

Any crime you can imagine will be perpetrated over and over again and no one is going to care! Everyone will be more concerned with the atrocities that are taking place in their lives, in their homes, to themselves and their families! They will not take the time to consider what is happening to you! YOU, my friend…will be on YOUR OWN! Anarchy and chaos will be the headlines across the world, the very instant, the Rapture takes place and millions and millions of people will have vanished …disappeared…gone!

The governments of this world will be worried beyond anything that has ever taken place before! With n days they will come up with a plausible idea of what they think has happened. My best guess would be, aliens abducted all those people! It’s okay, go ahead and laugh, disregard what the Word of God says…Then after a month or so, let me know what you think then! Oops…sorry! I won’t be here!! Never mind…just go ahead and think whatever you wish to think!

Here’s a scary one for you! With the Rapture already over with and everyone is beginning to settle back down, the Holy Spirit is gone…what about Satan and his evil horde of demons?? TAPS: “The Atlantic Paranormal Society” just popped into my head, from the TV shows. Imagine for me, if you will, what this group is going to deal with, when it comes to investigating a haunted spot?

They are going to have their hands full, dealing with demons, instead of a ghost! They will immediately be far more satisfied, if they were to see a real ghost, than a real demon! So, how many demons does Satan have anyway? Yeah, I don’t know either! You can bet your bottom dollar, there will be enough to go around. That’s for sure! So tell me now, how exempt will you be from being attacked by a demon or two…or three, maybe more!

1 Thessalonians 5.9, emphasis added: “For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.”

The word “us” in the previous verse means those who belong to Jesus Christ! And then it says, “to wrath.” In other words, if you belong to Jesus Christ, you are NOT meant to be here on earth during the Tribulation (wrath). One must remember, if the Bible says something like “not appointed us to wrath” then that means there must be those who will be appointed: to experience God’s wrath! Why do you think this has been written?

God Almighty…NEVER…does anything without telling everyone, ahead of time! That means if the Rapture and the Tribulation are in the Bible…YOU can be assured…it will take place!! So the question is, which side do you want to be found on, the side with Jesus Christ or the side with Satan? As with the rest of the Bible, everything is an either/or situation, it is simply a “black and white” situation. There has never been any sort of in-between or middle ground.

Here is another thing. It does not matter how you feel about this! The Lord God never asked for YOUR opinion about what HE does or doesn’t do! Last I heard it was God that created YOU, NOT the other way around! Besides that, I think HE has done a good job of creating the universe all by himself, don’t you??

The most important point here is this…NO Jesus…NO heaven! That’s the name of that tune brother!!