As of late I have been watching the new trends in movies and I see something happening, that is disconcerting to my mind. I must say though, I had heard of it before and yet, it disturbs me every time I hear it. After the Rapture takes place people will be searching for the cause of so many people disappearing.

What I have found out is that they will believe a lie, that they are gone because of extraterrestrial beings. The gradient concerning this has skyrocketed to an awesome level! The production of these types of movies is on the rise and their popularity as well. How odd is this? So far, we do not have a single shred of “hard evidence” that there are other beings to begin with throughout outer space or inner space for that matter. And the Bible says they do NOT exist.

Is this what most people think? Do they have any idea of the “facts” at hand? I do understand how some people could believe in extraterrestrials, the big silver screen has played its magic for decades on many people. However, in the technology of today it seems to be easier and this is mostly attributable to the introduction of the advanced level of computer graphics. I am sure many have gone to the movies and walked away in virtual awe of the movie.

Take for a moment the advent of the computer age. We NO longer MUST use cursive writing skills; we do not have to write out our number problems on paper with a pencil…we have computers and calculators! I do understand that using them is quicker and more accurate, but does this make it better? If you say, “Yes,” then better for whom? Additionally, what have you learned? Remember, our number system as well as our lives follow the concept of linear measurement. Or don’t you understand the essence of time?

CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) has the ability to make fantasy seem to be reality. This technology is not new by any stretch and has been used extensively in movies and on television for years the difference is that we are better at it than before. Do you remember in “Star Trek” where Captain Kirk would say, “Scotty…beam me up?” And then there would be this shimmering of light around Captain Kirk’s body and he would disappear and then he would reappear in the transport room? Wonderful (CGI) and the effects were astonishing!

These things are the things that I am talking about, simple “deception.” We do NOT possess that kind of real-life technology today but it looks so real on the screen! The characters become so real to us…we can’t wait for the next episode. Over time, we begin to use their “euphemisms” in everyday language and every episode replays the same wondrous CGI effects until we believe it to be true. Isn’t science wonderful, even though it is actively lying to you?
Do NOT think for one moment that this fantasy has remained solely the object of affection by the movie Industry. Science has played with that idea as well. They have even postulated what the little green men from Mars would actually look like and they are not little and green, wearing glass bubble helmets. The facts are, they do NOT exist, except in our imagination! Science does know that repeated exposure to information of any type will lead a person to believe that fantasy…is actually real!

This is the exact spot where harm can and does at times…exist. Let’s say you grow up in a very secular home with secular minded parents and schools (they still teach evolution). You, like everyone else enjoys the movies and so it’s a good thing for your parents, especially when they are so busy with other things. By the time you reach 18 years old how many movies do you think you have watched?

I cannot accurately say but suffice it that it to say that it was quite a lot! How would any of these movies have a direct effect on what you believe in? That is my point. How many movies or TV shows tell about the Lord Jesus Christ, or teach you about the Ten Commandments, the lives of the apostles, the Israelites, how the universe was actually created? Few…if ever!

So now, look at the situation concerning the Rapture! Are you going to believe what the Bible says or what the movies and TV shows say? Do you remember the “subliminal messages” that were used back in the 50s or 60s? Does that make you wonder a little bit about what they may be doing today, to everyone watching movies and TV shows? “Hmmm. Let’s see, how can we control the masses”? Or is that too big of a stretch for you?

Here’s another example: How about the military and “basic training” or “boot camp?” You must follow orders…no matter the outcome…that could be your death. Does that hit home a little?

There is a reason why God telling us in 2 Corinthians 6.17-18, emphasis added:

“Wherefore come out from among them [the world] and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And I will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”

The Almighty God already knew where we would be and what we would be doing with our time and also what we would believe. The world is full of sin and suffering and God did not want us to be living in that manner and believing the foolishness of the world. Remember that Satan is the “prince of the air” and he is also the “father of lies.”

John 8.42-47, emphasis added:

“Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me. “Why do you not understand what I am saying?

It is because you cannot hear My word. “You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him.

Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. “But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me.” Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me? “He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”

This, my friends is the truth and this goes to show WHO is a liar…Satan. And WHO rules the world?? Think about it! Taking these Scriptures as truth we see how the scenario at the beginning is plausible! What better excuse can the governments of the world use than that, concerning extraterrestrial beings abducting those millions and millions of people in the blink of the eye? And then to think, all those left behind will…“believe a lie?”

2 Thessalonians 2.11: “And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion that they should believe a lie.”

And so there you are, written in black and white, the absolute truth, according to God’s Word the Bible! Of course, this is not the only lie those left behind will believe, just the more insidious one and also the one that is going to be used the most, that we see being perpetrated today.

Ephesians 2.1-2: “And you hath he quickened (made alive) who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience.”

Is it any wonder then why we spend so much time reading and studying the Bible? It IS the Word of God to us. The Bible is preparing us for living today, what we should be watching for and why. It tells us why we try and show others what we have learned according to the Scriptures and what the truth actually is. The Rapture is so very, very, close and so many are going to be left behind and yet…there is still hope!

This not an endeavor to bring gloom and doom to anyone, we are not trying to “scare” anyone into heaven! It IS the truth…the Rapture is coming very, very, soon and there is no reason that anyone should be left behind!

There is room in heaven for every one of us, as God would choose for it to be! Why would anyone choose to be deceived? Deception on any level is nothing more than a LIE…and believing a lie makes you an idiot…no one wants to be an idiot!! Yet that is exactly what is going to happen! Understanding that, WHY must that idiot be YOU?

Matthew 22:34-40:
“But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”

Mark 12:28-34:
“And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.”

The Bible states the exact same thing twice and both times, stated by Jesus Christ, meaning…there’s something here of significance! The first commandment states that we are to “love” God with everything we have! The second is that, we are to “love” our neighbor in the same manner as we love ourselves”! Did I miss something here??

How are we to “love” God? With every fiber of our being and nothing short of that would suffice! How are we to “love” our “neighbor?” In the same manner as we love ourselves! I don’t know about you, but that sounds is pretty straightforward to me! I fail to see where there is any sort of “Well…okay, maybe we can love ourselves just a smidgeon more, but your neighbor has to be up there quite a ways…okay?”

Or maybe we could “love” God…but keep an open mind about all the rest! In other words, we can add a little of the “gray area” here and we should be all right! I’m sorry, my friends, that is NOT what the Bible says, that is NOT what God says! And the Bible and God are one in the same!

Let me ask you this: How does one go about “loving” God…with every fiber of your being? Especially, in a world that is constantly looking for ways to love “myself” first and always…and to hell with everyone else? The Bible says inJohn 15.12-13, emphasis added:

“This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

According to this and combining the second most important commandment, stated above, we should be willing to “die” for our neighbor…our friend. Is this the situation today? Absolutely NOT! And IF we are not loving our neighbor in this manner, then we will NOT love God in the manner we should…either! You see then, how these two commandments work so closely together here.

We can see that the world does NOT love God…how is the world is supposed to love their neighbor, IF they can’t get the first commandment straight in their lives? It is painfully obvious. The world is declaring or at least vilifying the truth of the Bible! And we see this happening every single day! How is, our wanting a neighbor to go to hell is showing our love for them? How about all the people of the world that are starving, or sick…where are we to draw the line?

In other words, when and how are we to help these people? By in large, the governments of these countries confiscate the foodstuffs meant for the starving! Then we contact our leaders and we hear, “Well…I understand, but…we must be cognizant of that governments designs for helping their own people.” Is that what is happening? Sorrowfully…NO!

And what about our own government, is it fulfilling the desires of the people that elected them to their posts? Again, it is painfully obvious that the answer is “NO!” Including…we the people…what are we doing? Are we following the Scriptures, as we should, accord to the two most important commandments as stated above? Again…we have failed! “Well…it’s all about me…right”? Wrong!!

This is the “mindset of today! And this mindset is in direct opposition to God!! And then people say, “Well…IF God was merciful, like everyone says He is…then…!” Who is saying this? It is obvious that Satan is using that person’s mouth and thoughts!

In James 4.7-8, emphasis added: “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.”

Is there any question in your mind, concerning the “gray areas” people like to place on everyone else…IF it benefits them selves first? This verse and the first two, point to the fact that each of us has failed God! Every single person that has ever lived on this small planet has “fallen short of the glory of God”…except Jesus Christ! Following Satan leads to eternal destruction. We must give our all to Jesus Christ; HE is the only way to the Father!

1 Thessalonians 5:12-19:  “And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves. Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.

See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Quench not the Spirit.”

These verses say the same thing as the first two verses in this column! Having read this over and over again, it begs the question. When the Rapture of the church of Jesus Christ  takes place how many among us will actually go to be with the Lord? So many think just attending church makes you saved…they are wrong! And there are many that, think, just being a “good person” is enough to get you into heaven and they are so very wrong as well!

The facts in the Bible are real and they are straightforward! Combine that with the fact that the Rapture is days away from taking place…makes these verses even more important for us to understand. You will never see heaven if you have a halfhearted heart concerning the Lord in your Life! Add to that the many times we have talked about the “great delusion and also the apostasy of the church. It goes a long way in describing, where we stand with the Lord because you are either with the Lord or you’re not. You will inherit everlasting life or everlasting death. You will have until the very second of death or the Rapture to decide! After that is one final step…Heaven for those that are truly saved or, if your unsaved…judgment!

Here is what amazes me about this. There are literally millions and millions of believers in this world they say the same things, as the Bible states. All the others are not saved and yet, in all their intellect and with all their education they can’t see the simple “Y” in the road ahead of them. The unsaved miss the boat every single time, their lives wasted, their troubles are huge in comparison, they are angry and filled with hatred…when it is God who is showing them that there is another way to live.

A life of peace and harmony and not just in this physical life…but in eternal life as well! Why is it that they choose the wealth of “three score and ten” on this little planet when heaven has wealth untold? Is this something you have ever thought about for yourself? The answers are in the Bible, God’s holy Word to us. The comfort of the ages is real and relevant today, as it was when it was first written. God is today as He was yesterday and will forever be tomorrow! I believe it is worthy to note, that your very existence in on the line! Two ways out of this existence and only one will lead to life Eternal! It’s NOT rocket science folks!