The world is in turmoil, quite literally, this morning. The earthquake in Japan has taken a toll still undetermined. As the tsunami winds its way across the Pacific, it will create more devastation. There is no doubt that there are many dead this day that thought their whole lives were ahead of them.
They had plans to go to work. They had plans to celebrate holidays, birthdays and go to funerals of friends and relatives. They are now no longer on the earth alive. Their bodies are somewhere here on this ball of dirt, but their souls are in eternity.
The rapture did not occur. The LORD has not set HIS foot upon the mount. They are, nonetheless, gone, departed. Were they told of the impending doom?
There was virtually no warning for the earthquake, but were they warned? It is appointed unto man to die at the appointed time. We were warned thousands of years ago that man would die. We were warned after the first disobedience in the Garden of Eden. We were also given the Promise of HIM Who was to come.
We have all been warned. What we do with the warning is up to each of us. We can take it seriously and warn others or we can simply ignore the ones who stay for the earthquake party or the tsunami party. It is our duty as Christians to spread the Gospel of HIS WORK ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY AND THE RISEN MESSIAH.
Of course there is more destruction to come. The days are short. It is no longer whether we speak out or not, it is how loudly will you shout the alarm? Will we be obedient and go forth and tell the multitudes of HIS Saving Grace? Or will we be reticent and say nothing or speak so softly that no one hears?
Trust me. I fall short daily and fail to take advantage of GOD given opportunities to tell someone.
Watch the news and wonder at the magnitude of it all. There is more to come. Will it be tomorrow? Maybe next week? How about next year or next century? We do not know what moment will be our last. Do not dwell so much on what happens when the Rapture takes place as what happens when souls die without Salvation. Prophecy is a wonderful teaching tool and can be used to explain what will happen, but that soul we speak to may not be alive when that prophecy is fulfilled.
I really love books on Prophecy and discussions on the same, but what happens in that one person's life right now is what is most important to me. Pray and plead and watch your own steps that you may be in step with THE LORD.
Do not pass up an opportunity (an appointment THE LORD has given you) to pass on the Gospel. It may be that person's last chance to accept GOD's Grace.
Shalom. Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem.
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