The following is an open letter to a Christian brother who chooses to live under a rock and is denying all the signs of the times.

Remember the Weather Underground – the terrorists of the seventies? Although they bombed several federal buildings and even killed a policeman, they never sufficiently paid for their crimes. Instead, some were elevated to positions of power with help from the Democrats. Some became academics, including Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers, who have influenced university students with their radical left policies. Obama, when he was an Illinois Senator running for the Democrat nomination for president, served with Ayers on the board of an anti-poverty foundation in Chicago. Bill Clinton pardoned two members of the group during the last days of his presidency. (See the 2008 Reuters article, Weather Underground resurfaces in U.S. politics).

These Communists are ruling and indoctrinating students and other people into the occult, transgenderism, and, of course, communism. Their agenda is to destroy all ties to freedom and Judeo/Christian mores and laws that keep us safe and free.

On 6/24, the Supreme Court voted to leave the abortion issue up to the individual states, and on top of that, they upheld the Second Amendment as well. The left, of course, was indignant and vowed revenge against members of the Supreme Court. Even the Mayor of Chicago, in a hate-fueled rage, condemned the justices and vowed retribution.

Thankfully, the justices stood their ground and continued dismantling the left’s agenda. The very next thing they did was to re-institute the Second Amendment – “The right to bear arms,” which means a person can carry a concealed weapon with a license authorization. This means that if radical abortionists insist on wreaking chaos, burning and looting, they could justifiably be shot, so it’s beginning to look like Conservatives have had enough of these radical perverts who have taken over all our institutions and have made us the laughingstock of the rest of the world.

Could the stoppage of homosexual marriages be far behind? If that happens, this will infuriate the leftists further, and they will commit acts of violence throughout the country. This means that Antifa and BLM would certainly get involved since mayhem and looting are their favorite pastimes. In fact, already many Liberals are rioting in the major cities of America. Albeit they are low-key about it for now since none of them really wants to get shot or tossed in jail.

Speaking of jail, aren’t they doing the very things they insist the Right was doing in the supposed J6 insurrection at the Capitol building? (Yet these people have already spent over a year in jail for daring to try to protect their freedoms and to stop the presidential election theft.) We will have to wait and see if they, too, will be incarcerated for insurrection. Luckily or providentially, the rioters were careful not to cause too much violence so as not to provoke the police. One thing is for sure, should insurrection persist and become more violent, there will have to be arrests. And if you think that this will stop the radical left, you have another thing coming. It will inevitably become tit for tat, and that means blood being spilled.

So, my warning to you is that if you insist on living under a rock and just ignoring all the bad news swirling around us, you do so at your own peril. The bad news is only going to get worse as we approach a day of reckoning with Almighty God. Receiving Christ is the best thing you can do to avoid the upcoming catastrophe of the Great Tribulation. In doing so, today, you can be assured of the strength to get through the difficult days ahead just before the Tribulation period. Just before that, all believers in Christ will be resurrected away to meet Christ in the air and taken home to be with the Lord while the time of tribulation gathers steam.

The Bible says chaos and lawlessness will increase and continue for seven more years. Just before then, when we are ensnarled in political intrigue and manmade viral infections take place, people everywhere will be at their wit’s end with war looming on the horizon. After a short but devastating war with Israel, a man of “peace” will appear to make treaties. Having taken a beating by Israeli forces, Gog and Magog leave to lick their wounds and re-arm. Three years later, they and other determined forces come against Israel a second time in what is known as the battle of Armageddon. By then, many will be dead or dying, with a third of mankind being wiped off the earth. During that time, people will desire to die but, for some unknown reason, won’t be able to do so; although, today, many are committing suicide.

Another weird thing that is happening with more frequency is the UFO phenomenon. What or who are these objects that are frequenting our skies? Are they Godly angelic beings or demonic interlopers? Should we be afraid of them since, so far, they have done us no harm? These UFOs are often seen near nuclear installations or war zones and appear to be concerned for our well-being. For some of us, they are a concern for fear and dread.

War is decimating the Ukraine with no end in sight, famine looms on the horizon, and here at home, killings are rampant while Joe Biden warns of another pandemic and continues to promote vaccinations for children and even infants – even though many are being injured or are dying from the “jabs.” All this craziness is enough to scare the faint of heart.

You can stay in bed and cover your head with the sheets, but it won’t help. Eventually, you will have to get up and face everything you have been trying to avoid. The sad thing is that you don’t have to cower and fear things that go “bump” in the night and the nightmares you are experiencing.

Jesus, who is referred to as the “Prince of Peace” in the Bible, is ready and willing to give you peace during this manmade storm when you repent and receive Him into your heart and life. He will give you peace that surpasses all understanding. I know that sounds incredible, but it’s true. The Bible is chock full of promises and insight into world events, while others are tossing caution to the wind and continue to protest, pillage, and parade even in the nude.

Book report

Letters from a Skeptic: A son wrestles with his father’s questions about Christianity. This is my latest find, and having just finished the 185-page book published by Victor, a Cook Communications publication – it was better than I anticipated. Unpretentious and well written, it poses many of the questions that many unbelievers have asked over the last two thousand years about the historical Jesus, which Bible is true, salvation, heaven and hell, and much more. I was also intrigued and impressed by the loving communication between an unbelieving father and his Christian son. (A rare commodity in today’s relationships.)

YBIC

Jim Towers

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Despite the failure of Rapture date setters in the past, many people continue to try to outwit the Lord by predicting when Jesus will come back for His true church to snatch us away into the clouds to be with Him forever. It hasn’t worked out well previously, and I predict it won’t work out for this current crop of know-it-alls.

Many people attempt to tie the Rapture to the Jewish feasts. They say that such and such has already been fulfilled, and so the final one based on the Feast of Trumpets must be next so as to correlate with past prophetic feasts and events.

The most recent well-known Rapture dating exercise was by Edgar Whisenant with his infamous 88 Reasons Why the Lord is Returning in 1988. With the “oops” when that didn’t occur, and the explanation that he’d made a mistake in his calculations, Whisenant foolishly followed up with 89 Reasons Why the Lord is Returning in 1989. That failure was the end of his attempts to outwit God.

As with many pre-Tribulation Rapture teachers, I get comments and emails.

I’m rather fortunate to have a small following because more people would mean more contrary letters. Many writers disagree with my pre-Tribulation Rapture stance and can be quite insistent as to how wrong I am – to the extent that this Biblical doctrine is demonic in origin and I’m a tool of the devil for advocating it. I can’t imagine the amount of correspondence that someone like Pastor JD Farag gets every week. One such writer has me on his mailing list. He calls himself a Scripturalist for the Lord and expounds his views – based on his understanding of Scripture – particularly in regard to the Rapture and Tribulation. Lately, he’s been quite insistent on setting a Rapture date based on the Jewish calendar.

In a series of emails, our Scripturalist has determined the date the Rapture will occur based on the following:

• It will be after the Gog-Magog War.
• It will be in the month of Nisan on the Jewish calendar following this war.
• It will be on a Sabbath, i.e., Saturday.
• Based on these occurrences, it will be on Nisan 10 = April 1, 2023.

And, as our friend says in each of his missives: “So There You Have it.”

In other words, you can take it to the bank that the Rapture is scheduled by God for this particular date; so when it approaches, keep watching.

In addition to this certainty, just so you can know how accurate this date setting is, our email writer is also adamant that we are already in the midst of the Seal Judgments because the Rider on the White Horse of the 1st Seal has been revealed as Jared Kushner in his role of negotiating the Abrahamic Peace Accords.

Well, if none of this sits too well with you, join the club. There is a very good reason that no one will know the date or the hour of the Rapture except the Father. We are to know the season (NOW!), but anything more specific than that other than its imminency is not for us and is a false prediction.

Why?

In actuality, the Rapture correlates to a Galilean-Jewish wedding.

According to Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum in his must-read book The Footsteps of the Messiah, there are four steps involved with such a wedding:

1.The father of the groom makes the arrangements.

2.After a period of time, the groom fetches his bride under two conditions:

a)The father determines the timing.

b)The groom has prepared a place for himself and his bride at his father’s house.

3.Prior to the wedding ceremony – to which few would be invited – the bride undergoes a ritual cleansing.

4.The marriage feast occurs with many more people invited.

This simple outline makes it clear as to how the Rapture follows these steps:

1.God the Father has made all the arrangements. A bride price was necessary to be paid. It was done so through the blood of Messiah.

2.The Rapture is the fetching of the Bride. Once everything is set, the Father gives the go-ahead to His Son to retrieve His beloved. Jesus, as the obedient Son, does so by snatching her up in the clouds at this unexpected and unannounced time that only the Father knows. The Son has spent the last two thousand years preparing our place in His Father’s house. This is the meaning of John 14:1-3:

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.”

3.One of the necessities for us as the Bride of Christ is to stand before the Bema Seat to be judged for our works on earth in Christ in order to receive our rewards. This is the burning up of hay and stubble, leaving only gold and silver. In other words, it is the ritual purification of the Bride for the wedding ceremony. All this, plus the ceremony itself, takes place in heaven. Given the events that occur and the necessity of their timing, it’s easy to see that the Rapture and the 2nd Coming are completely different and separated by a period of time.

4.Upon the consummation of the marriage by the Bridegroom and Bride – typically considered to be seven days which correlates to the seven years of the Tribulation, the wedding feast will begin. In our case, the Bridegroom – Jesus – leads His Bride back to earth where this takes place. Many guests are invited. These include Old Testament saints and tribulation saints, i.e., those martyred during the Tribulation plus those who endured through to the end.

If you wish to gain a terrific understanding of a Galilean wedding and further insights into what is presented here, I urge you to watch the film Before the Wrath.

The reason that no one can or will accurately predict the timing of the Rapture is because of its unknown quantity. God the Father will determine when to send His Son for His Bride. For those trying to discern the mind of God in this matter – good luck.

We who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ have a marvelous day ahead when our bridegroom comes for us. At that moment, we’ll gain glorified bodies and be like Him. Jesus is coming for us before the Tribulation because 1) we believe in Him, and 2) He loves us and won’t allow the depravity of the world to stain us with the horrific events of the Tribulation. Anyone who thinks differently simply doesn’t understand the nature and character of God.

Our job between now and then is to be about our Father’s business. In so doing, we are to occupy while eagerly watching and anticipating our Lord’s return to bring us home. As we faithfully do this, let’s not forget to tell others and share with them the hope that we have in Christ. For those who don’t believe in this marvelous promise that Jesus has given us of our Blessed Hope, how dreary must their days be as they wait like unbelievers for the coming wrath of God upon this lost and dying world.

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Gary Ritter website: books & blog

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