Isaiah 40:31; “but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” (ESV – all emphasis mine)

Jeremiah 29:11; “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

Romans 8:24-25; “Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.” Another great verse that goes with this is John 20:29; “Jesus said to him [Thomas]; ‘Have you believed because you have seen Me? Blessed are they who have not seen and yet have believed.'”

Romans 15;13; “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit, you may abound in hope.”

Peter seems to be speaking of today’s world when in 1 Peter 4:12-13 when he writes, “Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when His glory is revealed.” Our greatest hope is to be taken up to meet our Savior in the air in the Rapture. Meanwhile, we are witnessing a turning away from the faith worldwide, just as Jesus said would happen (Matthew 24:10).

Paul tells of persecution in his day, yet there are places in this world right now where Christians are persecuted even unto death. 2 Corinthians 4:8-10; “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.”

Hebrews 4:15 gives us a very appropriate reason to have real hope in our Savior; “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses; but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.”

Our Jesus is also our Creator. Yes, He is called God’s Son; however, He is fully one-third of the Holy Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. John 1:1-3; “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made.”

This Jesus allowed Himself to become lower than the angels for a time (Hebrews 2:9) so that He could walk this earth as a “human,” yet He was still fully God. He purposely experienced everything we experience, yet He did so without ever committing one sin. At his death, when He declared, “It Is Finished,” he physically died as a human, and immediately His Spirit was with the Father, and once again, He was fully God.

We have the hope of eternal life without any further blood sacrifices to cover our sins. From that moment on the cross, the blood of animals, birds, or whatever were no longer acceptable by the Father (Hebrews 10:4).

Consider 1 Peter 1:3-5; “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has caused us to be born again to a living Hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled and unfading; kept in Heaven for you who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a Salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”

Follow this with Galatians 5:5; “For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.” Our wait does not appear that it will be much longer, taking into account all that is happening in this world right now. We are definitely at the Luke 21:28 stage where Jesus said when these things “begin to take place,” He is very near to returning to take all believers off this evil planet. That “beginning” He spoke of could very well be said to have started about 10 years ago.

Michael Card is a minister/songwriter who has written and performed many great hymns. In 1977, He wrote and released a song simply called “Hope.”

1.) Hope has been woven throughout all creation, an anchor that holds through the waves. Hope is the helmet of each noble soldier; for only the warrior who hopes can be brave.

Ref) Hope you in the Lord, and renew your strength; soar you up on eagles’ wings. Tirelessly run the long race that’s set before you; your life is a song the Father sings.

2.) Hope that you can see is really no hope at all; and like children who see faces in the clouds, we hopefully listen to the silence of life and find that it’s shouting out loud.

3.) And though your life may seem to sound a dark and minor key, it will someday shift itself to major, and the lyric of your life will rhyme with nothing less than joy, and you’ll find that hope is from the One that you believe.

(4) Hope is an echo in the air all around you; it is the sign of Heaven’s symphony. And the hope that is Jesus will never disappoint us; it tenderly tells us to hope is to believe.

By the grace of the Savior and the mercy of the Father, all who will receive and accept the gift will have eternity in absolute paradise. We will have forever immortal and imperishable bodies and a pure temptation-free mindset, just as our Savior has.

Yes, there’s a catch to this. We must confess and admit that we are sinners, as everyone is, and that we cannot save ourselves (Romans 3:23; Romans 6:23). We must have faith and believe that Jesus took all our sins to that cross, and they died there with Him. We must have faith and believe that the Father raised Him from the dead, and death and sin were conquered forever for all who believe in Him. We must call out for Him to forgive us and ask Him to be our Savior forever. By the way, this is found in Romans 10: 9-13.

All who refuse to receive and accept God’s Son will answer for every sin, great or small, at the White Throne Judgment of Revelation 20:11-15. There will be no forgiveness or pardons given at this Judgment, as everyone there will be condemned forever in the Lake of Fire and will be shown exactly why.

No one has sinned so great that they cannot be forgiven. It must be done before taking your last breath on this earth. We are told that “All who call on the name of the Lord will be saved.” There are no other secret ceremonies, special deeds, or any works to be done. If we truly ask, He will accept us as part of His precious flock.

Our real Hope, the only Hope, is through our loving Savior, who gave His life so that we could live. Please don’t wait any longer to call out to Him. Today would not be too soon. The trumpet and shout could take place any second now, and to have a reservation for the “trip up” is your greatest Hope of all.

Shalom! Come, Lord Jesus!

huebshman46@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

Having met and worked with some of the most famous people on the planet and having been in ministry for over forty years, I feel well qualified to call out my fellow artists and other outsiders for whom I have love and sympathy. As much as I don’t condone some of their grievous folly and outright sin, hopefully, these people will heed the call of God in their lives and avoid the great tribulation that is about to befall the world when many will be hungry and afraid.

My heart goes out to you all – as even now, we are all beginning to be troubled about the future of our country and humanity at large.

Just so you know, my personal story begins like this: (The whole 240-page story is told in my book titled Miracles, Signs, and Wonders.)

Years ago, I repented of my foolish lifestyle and received Christ’s forgiveness in a dark forest at night – by moonlight. I didn’t even know what I was doing – I just cried out to God in desperation because of the collapse of my marriage and the eventual loss of two very young, beloved children. “God, if you are real, please reveal yourself to me. I’m sorry for having lived the way I have…. Jesus, HELP ME! After collapsing in a heap, I felt the heavy burden of sin lifting off me.

Afterward, I finally slept that night for the first time in a long time. The next day while at work, I felt a warm stirring in my stomach as if water was gurgling up and giving me a sense of contentment. Not understanding what was happening, I stopped into a small, empty church after work looking for a Bible and miraculously found one. Unfamiliar with it, I opened it randomly, and my eyes fell on this verse: “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” So from that moment on, I’ve been an outspoken evangelical – never doubting that I had been “born again.”

Little did I know that this was a rare phenomenon since, in those days, Pentecostal preachers were even claiming to raise the dead.

Nevertheless, I became a Baptist because of their study and adherence to scripture. (Not so much anymore, because in these days of apostasy, we need to be careful where and what we learn and adhere to. However, anyone can ask for the Holy Spirit to help them understand the Word of God, and He will do it.) Today I adhere to scripture alone, read it daily, and have memorized many scripture verses.

In any case, this conversion altered my lifestyle and opened doors that I never thought were possible. So, since I loved to do artwork, my new Christian wife and I headed south to Florida, where I had aspired to become a professional artist.

The Ringling school of art had just begun the new semester, so I was too late to enroll. On that same stretch of road, I spied a sign declaring open auditions for the new season at the Sarasota Community theatre. The play was Take my Wife. With nothing better to do, I went inside to audition on a lark, having had one semester of drama in high school. Low and behold, I got the part of a Jewish playboy doctor, Dr. Roth. Charles Livingston portrayed my father in the play. I soon found out he was the former director of the Lone Ranger series – first on radio – then on television. He was the one to urge me to study drama at the University of Miami, saying, “I think you’ve got what it takes to be a professional actor.” So off we go.

Incidentally, I worked as a Portrait artist on Miami Beach at the Fontainebleau while I was being tutored by Ladislou Vaida, the head of the drama department at the U of M. That was over forty years ago, during which I snagged my first TV commercial – the first time auditioning. I also snagged my Screen Actors Guild card at the same time! God was truly working in my life, and I give Him all the credit and glory.

I loved going to Saturday matinees at the Plaza Theatre for ten cents with enough left over for popcorn and candy. Hopalong Cassidy and the Lone Ranger were my favorites. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would meet and work with movie stars, famous directors, and screenwriters.

Please don’t throw caution to the wind like Elon Musk recently did – eternity in heaven or hell is a very long time.

Mr. Musk recently tweeted to his accuser, writing this message about hell in response: “Thank you for the blessing, but I’m ok with going to hell, if that is indeed my destination, since the vast majority of all humans ever born will be there.”

To Mr. Musk and other celebrities, I would tell this little story.

There was a very wealthy man who snubbed his creator God and imagined himself to be far above all other kings who preceded him. His name was Belshazzar. One day as he was feasting and partying with the utensils and drinking wine from the golden cups taken from the Temple of God, he and party-goers dropped their food and drinks in absolute shock as a huge, dismembered hand wrote on the wall above their heads that wrote silently, “Mene, Mene, Tekel Upharsin.”

Daniel, the prophet of God, interpreted the words, which held the party goers in terror and no one else could interpret. He said, “This is the interpretation of the matter: Mene, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; Tekel, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting” (Daniel 5:26-27). Immediately he lost everything – even his life.

Belshazzar should have known better; his father was put out to pasture when he defied God. Nebuchadnezzar immediately lost his mind and spent seven years eating grass like a cow. His nails grew to become like claws, and his hair grew long and covered his face. In other words, he had lost his mind.

We should all be careful not to provoke (our creator) God to anger.

God has, in essence, let us get away with murder, sexual perversion, and all sorts of criminality. But the day is coming, and soon, when he will pass judgment on the world. Then it won’t matter how powerful, famous, intelligent, talented, or wealthy you are.

In telling that story, I can’t help but think of the many actors and actresses I’ve worked with who fit that description. They have power, money, and fame, but their lives are devoid of meaning. Sex, drugs, and rock and roll just don’t cut it. Dear actors and other outsiders, please consider repenting of your indifference to God – asking His forgiveness and asking to receive Christ into your heart and life.

Today, while in retirement, I write – mostly screenplays with the hope of getting my movie about the end times on the big screen and with time running out. (The beginning of the tribulation period is almost here.) I want to sound the alarm, and I am currently seeking producers to help me do so. People willing to lock arms with me on this venture can contact me at the email address below for more information and a synopsis (outline).

YBIC

Jim Towers

Write me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com or visit me at www.dropzonedelta.com and visit my website www.propheticsignsandwonders.com.