It used to be that I thought I had been born into the wrong time. I’ve never much liked modern things – cellphones, computers, cars, tech gadgets in general. I’ve always been drawn to old-fashioned things, and old-fashioned ways of doing things. Working with my hands, growing food, raising animals…I’d be happiest on a piece of land somewhere far away from civilization. Except for the issues of dental care and a few other critical matters, I would have wished I’d been born prior to about 1900.
That has changed. Today I feel so incredibly happy and grateful that I was born here, right now, right where I am. Unless I get unexpectedly hit by a bus, I will be part of a generation and people that will experience the single most incredible thing to ever happen in the history of the world.
The Bible is around 30% prophecy, and unlike every other book of prophecy, the Bible has been 100% accurate. Prophecies written about King Cyrus of Persia and Alexander the Great were so incredibly detailed and correct that when those men were shown these prophecies they instantly recognized themselves. It is the greatest historical document that has ever existed. Time and time again, historians have doubted certain historical pieces of the Bible, only to have the Bible prove itself through archaeological discoveries.
But there are still numerous prophecies left to be fulfilled – the prophecies pertaining to the end of the world as it currently exists. This world of ours is tired and worn out. It’s frustrating and terrifying. All of nature cries out to be redeemed from the evil that has overcome it. Certain people have been setting dates for the end of the world, based on this blood moon, or that archaic bit of numerology. They’ve all been wrong, and they’ve given Bible prophecy a bad reputation. But those are the failings of men, not the failings of the Bible.
The Bible itself says that for the first time ever in the history of the world, this generation, our generation, is living in the time when all things could be fulfilled. All the things that have to be in place, like the restoration of Israel as a nation and the presence of a Russian alliance in the Middle East, have happened. Everything else, like the existence of a cashless society and a chip implant to allow people to buy and sell, is actively happening now. People are already getting that chip. They are lining up at tech conventions to get one. It’s incredible to watch the news now, because almost everything is torn right out of the Bible. It’s like watching dominoes being set up, oh so carefully – and then holding your breath and waiting for that finger to tip over the first one and start the chain reaction into chaos.
Soon, Damascus will destroyed completely and made uninhabitable, probably by Israel’s hand. Following that, a coalition of nations (including Russia) will strike against Israel and seek to destroy her. America won’t defend Israel this time. I don’t know why – America is not mentioned in the Bible at all. Probably because we are so new that we are largely unimportant in the scheme of things, and probably because something terrible will distract us and force us to pull our attention in to ourselves. Could be a massive earthquake, could be a strike from North Korea. The end is happening, and it’s happening now, in our lifetimes, likely within five years. I’m thinking that first domino could tip over this year, in 2018.
It’s going to be a terrible time for the people left on earth. It’s going to be the worst time that has ever happened, or will ever happen. For a period of seven years, the equivalent of Los Angeles’ entire population will die every single day. Of war, and disease, and famine, and natural disasters on a scale we’ve never yet experienced.
Despite that, I’m filled right now with such joy and excitement. Because as terrible as those times will be, no one has to go through them. Going through them is a decision. God has made it clear to all the world that He exists. His existence is so evident throughout all the world – through His created world, through His witnesses, through the very fact of Israel’s miraculous existence itself – so evident that mankind is left without any excuse. It’s a simple fact: eventually all the world will believe in God. No one has a choice about that. The only choice you have is whether you will believe now, when there is still time to save yourself from the horrors to come, or whether you will believe later, when it is too late.
Not believing would be like refusing to believe in the wind because you can’t see it, even though you can see everything the wind does. And because I believe, I will be taken out of the world prior to the end. I will be saved from the wrath to come. One day, probably very soon, millions of people will suddenly disappear out of the world. It won’t be all the churchgoers, because attending church is not enough to save them. It won’t even be all the people who believe in God, because believing in God’s mere existence is not enough either. It will be only the people who have accepted Christ into their lives in a personal relationship with him, the people who believe and confess that Christ came to the earth, and died to pay the debt they owed, died to ransom them from sin and sorrow and guilt, and then rose again, defeating death so that through Him, we also might be saved. Because of His tremendous love for me, regardless of what I deserve, my destiny is no longer chained to this world, and this life. I have been literally and legally adopted into the family of God, chosen to be a daughter and Queen and priest of the world to come.
Some of you reading this already know what I’m talking about. Isn’t it wonderful? The joy is beyond words.
Some of you don’t know. I hope you’ll come to your own understanding, and not continue to brush it off as something that doesn’t apply to your life. You’ve been offered the most precious thing possible to give, a change that will make you happier than you have ever been. It’s a gift. It’s free. And the world that waiting is beyond anything you can imagine.
Out of Eden 