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Do Look Up
Matthew 24:32
Harold Camping was sure he was right, but actually Jesus was: No one knows the day or the hour.
New Age guru Barbara
Marciniak claims to have received transmissions from aliens (higher or
ascended beings) who have stated through her that there is coming a time
when upwards of 20 million people will be taken off the planet “in a
twinkling of an eye.” Other
folks have written about these claims from other New Age luminaries.
What is fascinating is that
while people within Christianity argue about the plausibility and
possibility of the Rapture, many within the New Age movement have no
difficulty with it at all. Of
course, they believe that while those who keep this planet from evolving to
the next level (us Christians) will be removed from the planet, the New
Agers will be taken to another sphere within the spiritual realm where they
can reconnect with loved ones who have died before them.
If one did not know better, it would certainly seem like these New
Age gurus were preaching about the Rapture.
They are not, as far as they are concerned.
They are preaching about an event that will take place by visiting
aliens to rid the planet of the forces that hold back its development.
According to these leaders, this will all happen in an instant.
Sounds like the Rapture to
me, but of course, the interesting part is that it is the Rapture according
to the New Age. It seems to me
that Satan knows full well that this event will occur in God’s timetable.
Because he knows it will occur, he is preparing for it by lying about
it. He is not denying that it
will happen. He is simply giving
it another meaning, or reason as to why it will be happening.
The lie Satan has provided
to his New Age followers is that the presence of these individuals is
keeping the earth from progressing.
Now, while Christians are arguing about whether the Rapture is real
or not, Satan is presenting it as a coming literal event.
This event will remove the Christians so that this planet can get on
with growing.
I believe firmly that this
is why so many alien or UFO movies have had people taken away.
I also believe that this is why since the first cases were made known
in modern times (1947, I believe), that the people were returned and left
behind to talk about abductions, being taken TO the ship of the aliens,
probed, etc. Some have even
spoken of seeing new worlds.
The reality of a coming
worldwide evacuation has not caught Satan off guard.
He has had plenty of time to work to explain this coming event, which
will be cataclysmic in nature.
The destruction that will be caused by many millions of people gone in an
instant cannot really be imagined.
This is another reason why I believe Satan has soft-pedaled it,
focusing on WHY people are going to be taken, instead of the AFTERMATH of
such an evacuation.
The film “Skyline” opened
this weekend and has a Rapture-type event in it on a large scale.
[roll clip] According to information about the movie, NASA has sent a
signal into the furthest reaches of space, further than anyone thought
possible. Apparently, it got a
hit and soon, aliens arrive to suck people off the planet.
Once they are gone, the earth can then continue its natural evolution
to the next spiritual plane.
If you notice the poster
for Skyline there are people being sucked up to the sky and the waiting
alien ships. Others left behind
talk about how they just 'disappeared.'
Notice the slogan of the movie:
"Don't Look Up!" It's the
opposite of what Christ told us to do, in watching for His return.
I think we will only see more of this as time goes onward at least
until the actual event occurs. The
world is being conditioned to believe a great lie when the Rapture does
occur. [some info. from Fred Deruvo]
2 Thessalonians 2:11
11 And for this cause God shall send
them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
Is it possible that Jesus
will return in our lifetime?
It’s not just possible...but probable.
He may come back before the wedding today!
I'm not looking for the undertaker, but the uppertaker! I’m not a
date setter, and I’m not trying to make a prediction.
But we need to recognize the signs of the times, and I’d like to
share with you some more compelling evidence that at any time now Christ
could explode onto the scene, rupturing the sky and rapturing the saints!
Can you imagine flying away?
Can you imagine being left behind?
So, how will it happen?
What's going to happen on
this earth when the Rapture occurs? Maybe you'll be riding along in an
automobile; you'll be the driver, perhaps; you're a Christian; there'll be
several people in the automobile with you, maybe someone who is not a
Christian. When the trumpet sounds, you and the other born-again Christians
in that automobile will be instantly caught away, you'll disappear.
Wherever you are at you will leave behind only your clothing and
physical things that cannot inherit eternal life. That unsaved person or
persons in the automobile will suddenly be startled to find that the car is
moving along without a driver, and suddenly somewhere crashes. Those saved
people in the car have disappeared. Other cars on the highway driven by
believers will suddenly be out of control. Stark pandemonium will occur on
that highway and on every highway in the world where Christians are caught
away from the world. [planes, malls, offices, factories, classrooms,
professional sporting events, churches!]
And all will have some left
behind, scratching their heads…
Hal Lindsey said, “When
Jesus returns many churches will not have to look for a new pastor.”
I want you to know that
even though we are committed to staying here, when the rapture occurs we’re
outta here! And I hope you are
coming with me. [By the way,
when that happens, you have my blessing to vote in my associate!]
End times events that
precede the rapture are being played out before our very eyes.
From the mid east to
I THESS. 4:16 says the dead
in Christ shall rise first, and then 17 says, Then we which are alive and
remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord
in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
And the devil and those who
aren't saved are left behind.
Not me buddy! I'm taking rapture
flight 777 and leaving old 666 in the dust!
Some say that every
generation has believed Christ would return in their lifetime...that simply
isn’t true. Every generation has
hoped to see His return, but not all have expected it in their lifetime.
Another century has come
and gone, but my what has changed in that century.
This leads to a powerful discussion of the fulfillment of one of the
lesser known prophecies of the Old Testament.
Daniel 12:4
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the
words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run
to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
This verse makes us think
of the transportation / information age, and the knowledge explosion of this
past century. Think about it...
From the time God created
Adam to this day, about 6,000 years have passed, and for all but the last
100 of those years man either walked, sailed, or rode horses.
The 20th Century saw man come up with automobiles, planes,
jets, and spacecraft.
For centuries Bible
scholars interpreted ‘run to and fro’ as a coming increase in travel and in
the speed of travel. It was in
the 17th century that Isaac Newton said, “A new mode of travel
shall be invented in the last days.
Knowledge will be so increased that man will be able to travel at a
rate of [and then he went out on a limb] 50 miles an hour.”
[you do that in your driveway now!]
He was highly criticized for making such a statement.
The atheist Voltaire said, “
And global communication
today has man traveling at the speed of light.
The information age has placed anything you want to know just a click
away, and what used to take years to research is available in seconds to
virtually anyone!
It took men 160 years to
produce a steam engine that worked, from concept to completion a couple of
centuries ago. But the nuclear
bomb was built in just 6 years a few decades ago, and today’s tech
inventions flow from paper to prototype in days, and mass production in
weeks! Once you get a new phone
you like they release the next one, and are working on the next generation!
You’d have to be blind not
to see it. The knowledge
explosion has been going on for more than a century, and is only increasing
in speed, and the Bible says this all will lead to Jesus’ explosion onto the
end times scene.
Now, knowledge doesn’t make
us any better people. Our
society is still in kindergarten morally.
Educating someone’s mind without changing their heart only adds pride
to their already sin filled resume.
Another verse you may have
never thought about is...
Zechariah 14:12
And this shall be the plague
wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against
Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,
and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall
consume away in their mouth.
What does that remind you
of? For years Bible scholars
wondered what kind of warfare this could possibly speak of?
Well, now we know about nuclear war!
Revelation 16:19
And the great city was divided
into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell:
The next chapter says it
happens in one hour. For years
we wondered how entire cities could be destroyed in an hour...well, now we
know!
Think of it this
way:
Many
people in this room in their lifetime, have seen mankind harness the atom,
and develop capabilities to destroy the entire earth in less than 30
minutes.
Here’s a biggie:
In
1948
Jeremiah 23:3
3
And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries
whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds;
[see also Ezek 37]
v. 34
What is the ‘generation’ that won’t pass?
Some said 40 years, but it has been over 60.
How much longer can those alive for this event continue to live?
Add to that these
facts:
That the cashless society is nearly a done deal / that you’ve heard
of more earthquakes in your lifetime than the previous 500 years put
together! / 70% of all medicines known to man have been invented in YOUR
lifetime / 90% of all the scientists who have ever lived...are alive today!
We
used to wonder how everyone on earth could see the bodies of the 2 witnesses
lying in the streets in Revelation, but everyone will see it online or on
TV, replayed over and over again.
Even our missionaries in
If
you are old enough to get a discount at restaurants, then you’ve seen in
your lifetime the divorce rate go from 1 in 8 to what it is today where
divorces outnumber marriages every year / crime rate increase by over 500% /
birth of the church of Satan in 1969, which has been granted tax exempt
status by the US government / one
…but
as believers, we need not run around w/ headline hysteria, we are to simply
look up, for our redemption draweth nigh!
We are to faithfully and patiently watch for our Savior, who will
soon come bursting thru the blue w/ the sound of a trumpet, in the twinkling
of an eye.
When the Bible says that, it means in a millisecond, in an
instant…therefore, when the rapture occurs, if you’re not saved, there will
not be time to get saved, it will be too late for you.
If
you are a
“Wait, Lord, I want to win a soul for you!
My brother, my father, my spouse, my kids, my friend, neighbor, my co
“Wait, Lord, I want to obey you and be a tither / got bitterness in my heart
toward someone / looking at porn right now, let me turn it off /
(stamp foot) let me put this out!
The
message of the rapture is “be ready” / do it now, for the Lord could come at
any moment. Be watching…be
ready! DO Look Up!!!
Though we cannot know the
day or the hour of the second coming, the general season can be known.
v. 32
Good men disagree on some
of the specifics of some of these verses, but all agree that the signs of
the end are touching us today, warning us, beseeching us to take cover, get
ready, and to warn everyone we can!
We don’t have to be taken by surprise.
But most of the world will be caught off guard.
v. 43 The whole point is that the
thief doesn’t announce his plan to you in advance.
Never does he call ahead and say, “Hey, I’m gonna be breaking into a
few houses in your neighborhood tonite...and I was wondering if 2 AM would
be a good time for me to stop by your place?”
ill.—a man worked on a
riverboat for 30 days at a time, and couldn’t wait to return home.
As the boat approached his home port the captain announced, “Your
wives are gathered on the dock!
There’s Bob’s Mary, and there’s Tom’s Betty, etc...”
One man was disappointed because his wife wasn’t there.
He caught a ride home w/ another couple.
He walked in to his house and there was his wife, who smiled and
hugged him and said, “Hey there, I’m so glad you’re home!
I’ve been waiting for you.”
He replied, “Yeah, but the other guy’s wives were watching for them.”
v. 44 Are you ready?
Is your life in order?
How about your family and loved ones?
Will Jesus find you faithfully serving Him, or flirting with the
world?
If you aren't
saved, you will be left behind to no hope, the Great Tribulation, and an
eternity of hell that follows it.
If you're not sure if you are saved, you could be left behind!
Don't take that awful chance.
Some may be
saved, but not right with God, and that’s different.
You have a relationship with God…He’s your Father, you’re His child,
and your eternity is secure, but you’re not in good fellowship with Him.
You still have a relationship, it’s just a poor relationship, and in
a way you’re being left behind…not experiencing the abun
John 10:10
I am come
that they might have life, and that they might have it more abun
Make sure you’re Right with God, and not Left behind!
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