(There is a special message at the end of this article for those who might happen to read this and do not have Jesus in their life and are looking for peace and a way to better understand the present-day insanity and confusion.)

For most of us who have received Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and who also spend time in the Word of God, learning, growing, and especially making the transition from milk to solid (Scriptural) food, there is a burden that we discuss among ourselves frequently as we witness to family, friends, and hopefully, even total strangers.

This is even more pronounced among those who study and familiarize themselves with the prophecies that are growing in an exponential way every day.

It is that clear. It is now every day.

In that clarity is the conviction that the time before God executes the judgments of the Book of Revelation, beginning in (chapter 4, verse 1), is very short and based on solid Biblical exegesis.

Jesus is likely “right at the door.”

The burden of which I speak is seeing the clear lack of realistic understanding of the current state of the world. This blindness is not just to events contained in the warnings in God’s Word, but even a general awareness of the impending disaster of human endeavors to control, subjugate, and even radically reduce the numbers of “useless eaters,” as the globalists refer to the human population of this dying world system.

Jesus enumerated the “signs of the times” when asked what conditions would indicate that the long-promised prophecies of the end of the age would be imminent:

“Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains” (Matthew 24:7-8).

“There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near” (Luke 21:26-28). Emphasis added by me.

There are many other warnings, but these are sufficient to convey everyday conditions present in the world today, as well as nearness of the hour.

The removal of the True Church from the world (Revelation 4:1) will, in a single moment of time, shock those who are left behind into asking the questions we would have loved to have heard from them when we were available to provide answers.

The worst of it will be that only the unbelieving, ungodly governments of the world will be in position to provide “answers” through tightly controlled mass media. They will reach billions of people who were, up until that moment, completely oblivious to the terminal conditions under which they had been living.

The need for situational awareness becomes stark when the “situation” becomes reality.

They, for the most part, never asked the questions when they could have heard the Truth in place of intentional deception.

There is an ominous warning in the Word of God that I believe will once again occur shortly after the removal of the True Church (Revelation 4:1).

“Behold, days are coming,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘When I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, But rather for hearing the words of the LORD. People will stagger from sea to sea. And from the north even to the east. They will go to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, But they will not find it” (Amos 8:11-12). Emphasis added by me.

As in the case of many Old Testament prophecies, their meaning will become clear in that their fulfillment can apply to more than one era and one circumstance. As it was during Amos’ time, God’s Nature is from everlasting to everlasting.

There will be many people who will come to the sudden and stark realization that the Christians they willfully ignored or, in many cases, despised and hated were honestly trying to warn them of the Truth of God’s Word.

The Bible tells us that there will be “multitudes” who will be saved during the Tribulation.

This can be understood from the verses of (Revelation 7:9-17).

These will be saved to eternal life and serve God but at a terrible personal cost which is indicated in (Revelation 20:4).

“Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands” (Revelation 20:4).*

Then, there are those who will be eternally lost and never come to the saving Grace of Jesus by His paying of their death penalty on the cross of Calvary.

(Please see the [Special message] at the end of this article.)

When we hear people say things like: “Boy, things are getting really strange,” or “Hasn’t the weather been really weird lately?” or “The world is going crazy,” or, in the case of America, “What is happening to our country?” we will often respond to this opportunity to witness with something like, “The Bible has told us that these conditions would occur just before the return of Jesus.”

Most often, that is when the silence of the unasked question(s) is deafening.

We hope and pray that the Holy Spirit will convict them to seek answers that we are longing to provide, and sometimes that does happen, but most often, we see their eyes glaze over, or they suddenly see something off in the distance and then change the subject.

We are often viewed as fools, and so we are.

We are fools for Christ according to His own Word.

“But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty” (1 Corinthians 1:27).

So be it.

I gladly accept the title of “fool for Christ.”

Now to the crux of this article.

We carry the burden of sadness that goes along with the sure and certain knowledge that God will execute His judgments on an unbelieving world, and when we witness to the Truth of Jesus Christ and the Word of God, and that Truth is rejected, we have been up close and personal with the willful ignoring of that reality.

We can’t give up, sisters and brothers. We must “set our faces resolutely” as our Lord did when He headed to Jerusalem and the cross (Luke 9:51).

We don’t know who will or who won’t respond at some point, but God does.

We don’t know if this individual that we just witnessed to and who unknowingly broke our heart will be led into a circumstance where the seed we planted will bloom to eternal life for that person, even if it does not happen until the Tribulation.*

We don’t know, but our God does know, and He will not lose one person who will cry out to Him for Salvation in the Name of Jesus Christ.

“And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day” (John 6:39).

Our responsibility was wisely assigned to us by Jesus Himself:

“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:18-20).

But the results are not our responsibility. That is for the Holy Spirit to bring about.

It is a double-edged responsibility we have:

• A burden: When we experience the abundance of unasked questions we so long to answer and look into the eyes of those who are lost.
• A Blessing: That we have been tasked with the opportunity to work hand-in-hand and heart-in-heart with the One and Only Savior to help grow the Kingdom of God and expand our forever family.

I probably shouldn’t let this get out, but I once sold used cars for a living and learned to hear “no” in numerous different and, in many ways, humorous fashions. It is something you learn not to take personally.

They are not rejecting us; they reject our message, and they reject the Holy Spirit.

As hard as it is sometimes to fear failure or be rejected by those we are trying to help, we are not rejected by Jesus, and He will have already rewarded us just for making the effort.

In the military, we would say, “Let’s get with the program!”

As my mom used to say first thing in the morning, “Up and at ’em.”

So, onward Christian Soldiers!

The special message I promised you:

For anyone who may read this article and has not trusted in Jesus Christ and therefore has no hope or peace in your life.

You can have hope. You can have the peace that Jesus has promised to all who have made Him their Lord and Savior. The peace that passes understanding.

It requires that you come before God on His terms.

And, what are His terms according to His Word?

• Genuine repentance (turning to God instead of continuing to reject or ignore Him).
• Confession of sins (that you are a sinner and acknowledge that to God).
• That you understand that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23).
• To acknowledge to God that you are unable to pay that debt.
• Belief that Jesus Christ paid your death sentence for you on the cross.
• To believe that Jesus is the Way, the only Way, that God has established by which humans may be saved from the consequences of their sin and rebellion.

God has made it absolutely clear that there is no one who comes before Him, under His terms, that will be refused.

• No one: no race, no color, no country of origin, regardless of any previous belief system: no one.
• No matter what your past sins have been, God can and WILL forgive you because He says He will.
• Salvation is available to everyone without any exceptions.

If you put all your trust for salvation in Jesus, and Him only, you can follow that prayer up by simply saying, “Thank you, Father God, for hearing my prayer and saving me,” because we can trust Him to keep His Word. He always has. He always will.

“Truly, Truly, I say to you that he who hears My words and believes the One who sent Me has eternal life and will not be condemned. He has crossed from death to life” (John 5:24).

There are no answers and there is no hope in the world by governments, organizations, politics or politicians. There are only lies and deception. But you can have the Truth and the peace you seek.

The answers are in the Word of God—The Bible. If you ask God, with all your heart, He will hear you.

“And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13).

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God stated in the book of Proverbs that all who hated Him love death. Islamic extremists have created an entire culture of death (Proverbs 8:36).

Up until the time that Mohammed came along, Allah had been the name of a moon god that had been around for many centuries and was one of many of what the Bible refers to as pagan gods. In the 7th century AD, Mohammed elevated Allah the moon god to the status of being the one true God, and countless millions have been forced to believe that ever since.

Jesus taught forgiveness and even forgave those that murdered Him. Mohammed taught intolerance and vengeance upon those who disagreed with him.

The Pope and former President Bush have declared that they believe Yahweh and Allah are one and the same. The only way that could be possible is if God and Satan were one and the same.

Not only are God and Satan not one and the same, they are direct opposites.

Mohammed once stated that he was not certain whether the revelations he was receiving came through angels or demons. That is a valid question.

God offers eternal life through Salvation by Grace to all who believe in His Son Jesus.

Satan offers death, destruction, enslavement, delusional thinking, intolerance, suppression of freewill, each and every religion and belief system that rejects Jesus as Savior, eternal separation from God after death, and all of this and more without the tiniest little shred of mercy or grace.

The covenants God made with Israel are still in effect to this very day, and there is ample proof in scripture that the Jews returning to their ancient homeland in 1948 was and is the fulfillment of Biblical Prophecy.

Amos 9:14-15 and Ezekiel 36:27 are two of at least ten OT prophecies that speak of the tribes of Israel returning to their land after being scattered all over the earth from 70 A.D. when Titus the Roman leveled the Jewish temple in Jerusalem.

The six covenants God made with the Nation of Israel begin with the Abrahamic Covenant.

Followed by the Mosaic Covenant, Sabbatic Covenant, Land Covenant, Davidic Covenant, and New Covenant (New Testament). Reference Isaiah 2, 11, and 35, 9:6-7, and 40-66) (Jeremiah 31) (Ezekiel 36 thru 48) (Exodus 3:15-17, 6:3-4, and 8).

The carving up of Israel to appease Islamic extremists and all those in the surrounding nations who hate the Jews and would like nothing better than to drive them into the sea or blow them off the face of the earth not only violates God’s land covenant with Israel, but it also sets up the scenario for the Antichrist to make his entrance upon the world stage.

The beginning of the seven-year tribulation (The Time of Jacob’s Trouble) is officially kicked into gear when the Antichrist brokers a seven-year peace deal between Israel and her neighbors (Daniel 9:27).

There is another group of extremists that also hate the God of Israel, Jews, and Israel as a sovereign nation. We call them globalists.

The globalist puppets at the UN make this perfectly clear every time they unanimously vote to condemn Israel for anything and everything, including defending themselves.

The globalist elitists are haters of God and lovers of death. Not lovers of their own deaths, just lovers of death for most everyone who is not a member of their cult, and that is about seven and one half billion human beings, otherwise known to them as useless eaters. Their goal of depopulating the world is well underway, as so many are discovering. If they don’t kill you, they want to alter your DNA and merge you with artificial intelligence, and then use you for their own selfish purposes.

America has been the best friend of Israel since 1948. Most of the time, at least, depending on who the U.S. president has been at the time.

Here in the year 2023, under the current U.S. leadership, the people of Israel would be wise to trust in God to be their best friend.

The term ‘U.S. leadership’ is used very loosely here as it is painfully obvious that the current “leader of the free world” is not in control of anything at all but, rather, is being controlled. His behavior suggests that he belongs in a rest home (some would say the Big House), but instead, that pathetic, corrupt, child-sniffing, and constantly lying shell of a man is being used as the fall guy by the evil globalists and their man/woman behind the curtain in the White House. Or, the Rainbow Crack House, if you prefer.

In spite of all of the liberties, freedoms, and charitable works that America has enjoyed, America’s government has been infiltrated, sabotaged, and railroaded since the early 1900s by globalist elitist extremists, who cunningly got the Federal Reserve Act (Central Bank) sneaked through Congress under Woodrow Wilson’s watch.

These extremists are of a different kind than the Islamic extremists.

The current corrupt U.S. administration is on the verge of handing over American sovereignty to unelected and self-appointed tyrants high in the pecking order of the globalist cabal. Tyrants from the WHO, the WEF, and the UN.

Globalism equals the Orwellian dystopian nightmare on a planetary scale.

All who support and long for Globalism will welcome the Antichrist with open arms.

The OT prophets, and especially John the Baptist, set the stage for Jesus to appear on Earth 2,000 years ago.

The globalist cabal is paving the way for the Antichrist to step out onto the world stage. They copy God.

The thing is, when they copy God, everything is upside down, backward, and inside out. They worship Lucifer, they worship evil, and they call it good.

Jesus told His followers that in the last days right before He returned, the world would become filled with lawlessness and evil, just like in the days of Noah right before the flood and the Days of Lot right before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Matthew 24:12).

Scripture also tells us that the rejectors of salvation in the last days would succumb to a strong delusion, causing them to view evil as good and good as evil.

This can happen to anyone who worships anyone (including self) or anything other than the actual Creator of life itself, whom we know as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (See John 1:1)

In the year 2023, it has become painfully obvious that the strong end-times delusion of seeing things upside down and backward is affecting large numbers of human beings here in America and all over the world. Multitudes of deluded people view the serial liars in power as the good guys and embrace the most ludicrous of lies. It is real. The deluded and all of the reprobate haters of God see evil as good and good as evil. It is difficult to comprehend, but they really do.

In the year 2023, the wheat and the chaff (believers and non-believers) seem to be separating from one another at a rapid pace.

In the year 2023, the political and ideological divisions have gone quickly from a gap to a gulf to a chasm.

Putting themselves in the place of God, mockers and scoffers have increased their viciousness toward Jesus and those who believe in Him (John 15:18-27).

The mockers and scoffers seem not to have the slightest clue that all of their mocking and scoffing combined is entirely futile (Galatians 6:7-16).

God cannot be mocked. How can the One who spoke the universe into existence and sustains it be the least bit intimidated by fragile human beings who rely on many of the most basic things God created just to stay alive? Like air to breathe and food to eat.

Mocking the wonderful and merciful yet all-powerful Creator of the Universe has to be the silliest act of pure unadulterated stupidity possible, even for the densest buffoons representing delusional fallen humanity. Although a great deal of the mocking comes through the smartest of the buffoons.

It is perfectly fine with Satan if his various schools and cultures of evil extremists vie with each other for world domination.

As long as violence, hate, death, and chaos ensue and all logic, reason, common sense, and truth are stamped out, Satan is pleased, if it is even possible for such a wicked one to be pleased.

The godless and the wicked act like they are smarter than He who Created the Universe.

If that is not strong delusion and a mind that is not functioning correctly, then what in the world is?

Satan (Lucifer) has a multitude of ways to deceive human beings. One of the things that so many deceived human beings have in common is the rejection of Jesus Christ as the Way and the Truth and the Life (John 14:6).

Satan knows his time is running out, and that is why he is pulling out all of the stops. And according to scripture, wickedness is only going to get a lot worse (Revelation 12:12).

Yet, Satan still must think he can win the battle of good vs. evil.

If he has to lose, however, he seems quite determined to go down in a blaze of evil glory like this world has never seen before in all of its bloody history.

He is stepping up the chaos which will lead first to the rapture, then to the Time of Jacob’s Trouble, and then for seven terrible years, up to the Last Battle.

The Battle of Armageddon. The last battle that takes place at the time of the Return of the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.

Even amidst all of this chaos and confusion that Satan has created in these perilous times here on Earth, the Lord searches and knows the hearts of everyone.

He knows who belongs to Him, and He, like the Good Shepard that He is, promised that not even one shall be lost or forsaken (John 6:37-40).

All praise be to the God of our Salvation and to His Son Jesus, through whom our Salvation has come.

In Proverbs 8:36, God says, “But he who fails to find me or sins against me injures himself; All those who hate me love and court death.”

If you have read these words and never given your life to Jesus, today would be a most excellent day to do that. Don’t be like those whom God refers to in Proverbs 8:36, but rather instead, turn to Jesus. Trust Him and know that He laid down His life for you so that you may live forever. (See Romans 10:9-10)

In Jesus, there is life, eternal life.

Rick Segoine

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