* Real Life Illustrations of Being in the Presence of God

 

Many years ago on a dark night on the southern New Jersey Turnpike I cried out, “Help me Jesus!  I don’t know what to do!”

Instantly the car filled with an overpowering presence.  I could not move.  My hands were frozen to the position they had been on the steering wheel.   My arms did not move.  I stared straight ahead, but I really did not see the road or anything.

God had come into the car.  Instantly he had answered my call.  The air was intense, electric.  It was as if a giant hand were on my back, from my shoulders down to the end of my spine, and it was hugging me.  It was warm, and pulsating.  The feeling of love in that car was overwhelming.  And for perhaps thirty minutes it continued.  I know it was thirty minutes, because when I suddenly was able to move again, I looked down at the odometer and I had gone thirty miles.  God had been driving the car.  Certainly not me.

The anointing came that night, and the gifts of the spirit.  Gifts like the gifts of healing and miraculous works and prophecy and faith and more.

Following that night God came often, and began guiding me specifically.  He began giving out assignments, and as I would do them he gave more.  Gradually they moved into the major statements I refer to as the call on my life. 

That was God in the car.  Whether Jesus was sitting there beside me I do not know, for I could not turn my head. 

It was overwhelming.  I had had a direct, enormous encounter with God.  Now I had had a couple amazing things happen to me before, like the intercession of the angel in the car accident in Beverly Hills when a giant truck fell on our car.  Or a time many years ago in Houston when suddenly a voice spoke a prophetic word into my heart and mind, one I was shocked by and didn’t understand completely.  But this experience in the car was life-changing. 

I had encountered God.  He was there.  He was real.  No going back into the old standard life with church on Sunday for an hour but no real spiritual thoughts otherwise.  I knew first hand God was and is real and that he answers prayer and that he communicates now, today, with us. The Holy Spirit had come in force and power.  It was as Ephesians 1:3-4 says.  I had been marked in Christ with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing my inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession.

I was like the born again, spirit filled Christians of the early Christian centuries.  They willingly would go to their deaths rather than deny Jesus.  Why?  Because they knew God was real.  They had met him.  They had the Holy Spirit.

The world today likes to refer to some Christians as fundamentalists, and they deride those who just won’t let their Biblical principles be moved.  But you see, the world doesn’t know God.  Those who do can’t be moved and won’t give up their faith, which is absolute.

You can read more about this encounter in the car on our web site.  Just punch the testimony button in the menu column.

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Hearing from God is wonderful, life-changing!  A word, a sentence.  A verse of scripture suddenly coming alive as you read it, made real by the quickening power of the Spirit.  All this changes a person instantly.  It is worth more than gold.  Far more.  Just one such incident can lift a person high for days and weeks, and drive him forward in life.  And the more received, the further the person goes.

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The Lord speaks at diverse times and incidents, often of his own choosing and not while you are specifically sitting quietly in prayer.  Sometimes while you are walking down the street or working on something else.

A few years back I was attacked horribly by the evil side.  As we stepped out ever further in ministry, I had experienced attacks from the devil or his demons in various forms, and we had learned to apply the truths of God, to stand on the word, to cast out demons.  All that.  But this was much more.  Some of you know about it.  The attack was physical and direct and severe.  The pain was enormous.  There were moments I was not sure I would be here longer.  Several prayer warriors prayed and interceded.  Help came from the most unusual sources.  For several weeks I was dreadfully weak, so weak I did not even shave.  And I even conducted meetings unshaven, but the word of God coming through was strong.  I learned a great deal through all this.  One thing I learned is that someone in great pain and distress cannot pray, other than shouting out help me Jesus and short phrases like that.  The pain is so intense.

So a couple months after this happened I had just finished a time of reading the Bible and praying at home, and I walked into our kitchen.  Suddenly I was aware of the presence of the Lord on the other side of the counter that separates our kitchen from our dining area.  And he spoke:  “I’m never going to lose you, John.”  He said.  My eyes filled with tears.  My whole body was overcome by his presence.  My eyes are filling with tears as I write this even now.

And I said, “What did I do wrong, Lord?”

He replied, “Nothing.”

That was it.  No more words.  I have never forgotten that conversation.  I learned too that attacks come in this life from the evil side even if I did nothing wrong, and I needed to learn as much as possible as to how to protect myself and my wife and family and friends and partners and so on.  And to fight evil.  God has shown me much in that area.

But you see, he just began talking as I walked into the kitchen.

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Especially for a period of a few years some time back, God would speak to me in the middle of the night.  I would wake up about 3 or 4 am, or maybe 5, and I would go into another room and sit in my favorite chair with my favorite Bible and begin reading.  Usually I read Isaiah.  I have found that God comes often when I read Isaiah.  I started one night and read through the ninth chapter when he suddenly came.  In such times I have found he is sometimes open to conversation.  Not only does he pass on something he wants me to know, but I can ask a question.  Even about seemingly lighter matters.

One night we were talking about healing, and I said something about his healing in the temple, his healing everyone.  “Not everyone,” he said.  And in a minute he said, “the Pharisees,”  and I knew instantly he was referring to their religious spirit that blocked the healing of some, a situation we have encountered in various places, those who pay attention to man’s religious rules and ideas of how things should be rather than to being open to God’s truths and his presence and actions.

That particular night for some reason the subject of golf came up, and I remember Jesus saying, “It’s a silly game.”

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A last example of the Lord speaking to me:  We were sitting in a ministry meeting in Charlotte.  A large crowd was present, and a famous minister was teaching on the Holy Spirit.  Suddenly I heard the voice, “What are you doing here, John?”  and I realized I should not have come.  I don’t really seek out such sessions anymore, unless directed by God to do so.  My neck was hurting some at the meeting, and the Lord put his hand on my neck.  I said something about his hand being rough, and he said,” you don’t know how many times I hit that hand.”  Of course Joseph had been a carpenter, and no doubt Jesus had worked as a carpenter for years and had hit his hand many times!

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God is real.  Jesus is real.  The Holy Spirit is real.  The Bible is true.  The Lord is returning soon.  He has called me to preach good news to the poor, to heal the broken hearted, to give sight to the blind, and to tell people he is coming soon.  He is.  He really is.  He also has called me to write, to give my testimony, to have a prayer, preaching and healing ministry with my wife, and to feed his sheep. 

Do you know him?  Have you been in his presence?  He tells us we will find him when we seek him with all our heart. 

When you have a personal encounter with the Lord, everything else in the world recedes in importance.  It is as if everything else becomes shadows, and God is in brilliant color.  And you realize just how insignificant all the issues of the secular world are.

Don’t miss the Lord.  Don’t let Jesus pass you by.  He is coming very, very soon.
 

                                                                                                                                                                                           Copyright © 2013 by John Newlin

(originally published in 2013, this article is way too important not to publish again)

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* SIGN OF THE TIMES: JESUS AND THE CROSS

It is at this very time of the year almost 2000 years ago that Jesus took upon himself all our sins – all our iniquities – as well as all our sicknesses and diseases and pain and more and overcame it all.  Imagine the burden he bore.  He overcame death.  He overcame the world.  Yes, he was the son of God and indeed that is why his death on the cross, his sacrifice, could accomplish what it did.  He was the only sinless person ever to live.  He alone could atone for the sins and corruption of humanity.

 

I thought perhaps for a moment it might be really beneficial to look at a few less quoted aspects of the resurrection story.  All are from the Bible.  Consider:

 

(1) When Jesus was arrested in the garden, the soldiers and officials who came for him said they were looking for “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus responded “I am he” and the power of that response and his presence knocked them to the ground!  They all knew they were dealing with something and someone beyond anything they had ever known.  Obviously, Jesus could only be arrested by his allowing it to happen. (In the original Greek of the New Testament, what Jesus actually said was “ego eimi,” or “I am,” the same words identifying himself that God said to Moses in identifying himself.) 

When Jesus said, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground. (John 18:6)

 

(2) After his arrest, Jesus responded to the high priest’s questioning him by affirming that indeed he was the Christ, the Son of God.

The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”

 

“You have said so,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven. (Matthew 26:63-64)

 

Jesus is quoted on the same moment in Mark 14: 61-62 this way:

 

Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

 

“I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming   on the clouds of heaven.”

 

Jesus did not hide who he was, and was specific in dealing with these blind religious leaders.

 

(3) Pilate’s wife warned him to have nothing to do with the innocent Jesus:

 

While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him this message: “Don’t have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.” (Matthew 27:19)

 

(4) In Mark, Matthew, and Luke Pilate asked Jesus if he was the king of the Jews, and Jesus is quoted in each book as answering: “Yes, it is as you say.”

 

In John, Jesus was more specific –

 

Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”

 

“You are a king, then!” said Pilate.

 

Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.” (John 18:36-37)

 

 

(5) It is horrible to contemplate, but in going to and through the cross Jesus’ appearance eventually became disfigured beyond recognition as a human being, as a man. Are you aware of that?  So the movie a few years ago called THE PASSION did not begin to show how horribly he was beaten.  Part of the disfiguring no doubt also had to do with the incredible burden of corrupt humanity that he was bearing, the sins and sicknesses of all people forever.

 

Just as there were many who were appalled at him.  His appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being and his form marred beyond human likeness (Isaiah 52:14)

 

 

(6) Jesus died at three in the afternoon.  When that happened tombs broke open and people who had died in the past rose from the dead and walked about encountering people in Jerusalem.  And not just any dead people – no, holy people!  Imagine what that might have been like!  The dead rising and walking about.

 

At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.  They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.  (Matthew 27:51-53)

 

The tearing of the curtain from top to bottom signifies God’s now opening the way to him for people.

 

 

(7) The centurion and those guarding Jesus at the cross exclaimed at seeing all that happened after his death that surely he was the Son of God.

 

When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God! (Matthew 27:54)

 

May God bless each of you as you again celebrate the monumental accomplishment of the Son of God and the Son of Man.  And may you have an ever greater revelation of who he was and is and who you are in him. 

 

 

 

                                                                       APRIL 2025

 

                                                                      Copyright © 2025 by John Newlin

 

 

 

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To watch our television programs on the many things Jesus did, click on this link:

 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaf_txWaHyoad74Y78LvqJvSxF-sXGr7Y

 

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Those with copies of our book WAKE UP AMERICA! can read about all this in chapter 10 there.

 

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“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. – Matthew 7:21

[No subject is more important than how a person gets into the Kingdom of God, into Heaven.  Below is an article from a newsletter three years ago that focused specifically on this.  I think it is time right now to post it again here.]

Some consider the title above the most frightening verse in the Bible. I expect you haven’t heard any sermons preached on this one, have you? 

 For a very long time in our modern day, the churches have doted on the fact that a person has to do nothing to be in Heaven, in the Kingdom of God, other than just believe in Jesus. 

 Well, certainly, a person physically does not have to do anything to be in Heaven, in the Kingdom. Jesus paid the price for each of us to get there. That is the basis for the statement that it is by grace we have been saved and not by works. 

 But Jesus did say several verses that bear on being in the Kingdom of God. In the Bible, all these verses have to be considered. They are all said by Jesus. We have to put them all together. You can’t just read one and ignore the others. You can’t pick and choose scripture. 

There is the most famous verse in the Bible – John 3:16 – 16 

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 

I have said over and over in so many paces that this “belief” here is solid belief, like you believe there is enough oxygen in the room in which you are living to keep you alive; otherwise, you would be running out the door. In other words, absolute belief. Not that modern way we often use the word believe in normal conversation, which is much weaker. 

But then there is this fundamental verse, the one Jesus said when he was speaking to Nicodemus in John 3:5:

  “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 

So there has to be a real spiritual rebirth. Back in John 1 the writer notes that it is as if God himself becomes our father. In fact, the Good News Translation actually says that directly: 

Some, however, did receive him and believed in him; so he gave them the right to become God's children. 13 They did not become God's children by natural means, that is, by being born as the children of a human father; God himself was their Father. (Good News Translation) – Emphasis added by me. 

And then we have the verse in the title. This is said in a section where people have come to tell Jesus all they have been doing in his name. Unfortunately for them, he says he never knew them. So they don’t get into the Kingdom obviously. They may have been doing good works but they missed the point. They weren’t doing the will of God. They didn’t focus on knowing Jesus. Here is the full section from which the title was taken: 

21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’ – Matthew 7 

 Now if that isn’t disturbing enough, there is one more verse in Matthew 18: 

2 He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. 3 And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 

 In other words, a person must be as innocent and believing as a little child. 

So we have several key scriptures right out of the mouth of Jesus himself, reported to us by the disciples John and Matthew. Pretty good witnesses, I’d say. 

Yes, we of course must have absolute belief. But we also must live to fulfill God’s will as we understand it. And we must be born again, born anew. We must have that new spirit in us. We have to become the new creation Paul refers to when he says in 2 Corinthians 5 that the old has gone and the new has come. 

This is all serious business indeed! Really serious. 

Just going and sitting in a church week after week and hearing sermons does not do it. And just saying you believe in Jesus apparently on its own is not enough, at least not unless you have that rock solid belief. I fear so many of those who think they are Christians are going to have a big surprise soon. Back to the title scripture. Just how does anyone do the will of God? Well, I think Jesus put it best when he said these two scriptures: 

14 You are my friends if you do what I command. – John 15:14  

15 “If you love me, keep my commands.– John 14:15 3 

Basically, do what Jesus tells you to do if you want to be his friend and if you love him. I would think that would fit in with doing God’s will. 

If you have the Holy Spirit living in you, if you have been baptized with the Spirit, you want to do God’s will and you will generally know that in the situations you encounter. That all comes with being born again and being filled with and baptized with the Holy Spirit. 

I wrote about what it takes to get into Heaven in Chapter 11 in our book WAKE UP AMERICA! And we produced a CD on that and also did two television programs titled “Getting into Heaven” which you can watch on YOUTUBE and our website. It’s an incredibly important subject, not one to be ignored. And surely not at this time. 

Only two real groups of people are on earth now: Those who know Jesus and already are his believers, members of the Kingdom of God, and those who don’t and aren’t. This second group is lost. Unless something happens that opens the eyes of people in this second group so they can see the truth and receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior, they are not going to have a good future. KEEP YOUR EYES ON JESUS!

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SIGN OF THE TIMES: THE HISTORY OF THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY IN THE US

 

 

I thought this year we should all look again at the history of Thanksgiving in the US:

 

Throughout the 1700’s individual colonies evidently held periodic days or times of thanksgiving.  Thomas Jefferson did this while governor of Virginia.

 

In 1777 right in the middle of the Revolutionary War the Colonial Congress recommended a day of thanksgiving.

 

In 1789, the first year of the first presidency of the US under the new Constitution, George Washington issued a proclamation establishing a day of thanksgiving that year.  Here are a few of his words from the proclamation: 

 

• it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favour…
• I do recommend and assign THURSDAY, the TWENTY-SIXTH DAY of NOVEMBER next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be…
• we may … unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions

Abraham Lincoln finally established legally the annual holiday we observe on the fourth Thursday of November each year.  Here are a few words from his proclamation:

 

I do …invite my fellow citizens …to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.

 

May all of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and offer thanks then – and everyday – just as these great past leaders of the nation led the nation in doing. 

 

 

November 2024

 

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WATCHMAN WARNING: WHAT IS HAPPENING?

 

That is a question I expect on the minds of many believers.  We are so very close to the return of the Lord.  And now we see a bold change in the government of the US that will surely lead to a move away from the trend to the one world government that was so well underway.  A very few other places have had a similar change in government, such as Argentina, but not many.  The UN, the World Economic Forum, and others all continue to work towards the one-world government.

 

So what does this mean?  Still and most obviously, we all should be alert to all that is happening as the Lord has warned us in Luke 21:36, and be ready to go when he comes.

 

Beyond that, let me say that nothing has changed regarding our being so close to the return of Jesus.  All those prophecies fulfilled, everything is still in line for that.  His coming to collect his sheep could happen anytime.

 

Here are some interesting insights regarding the newly elected government in the US:

 

• There seems to be some talk about encouraging the building of the third temple in Jerusalem. Well, that does need to be ready by the middle of the Tribulation when the antichrist comes to take up residence there, but that building could all happen during the early years of the Tribulation.  Still, it is interesting to hear this being discussed!

• The newly nominated secretary of defense himself has spoken of the need to build the temple on a specific spot on the temple mount.

  

• The newly appointed ambassador to Israel under the new administration is a strong supporter of Israel, as are several in the new administration

• Likely, we shall see a return to the efforts of the previous Trump administration to bring about a peace accord with Israel and its many neighbors. You may remember the successful Abraham accords that brought some Arab nations  to an improved relationship with Israel.

 

 

• In the election on November 5, the overwhelming number of evangelical Christians voted for President Trump. Similarly, the great number of Catholics voted for President Trump.  But, sadly and shockingly, the overwhelming number of Jews in the US voted for the losing side, the socialist government that was leading the US into the one-world government and that does not strongly support Israel.  It seems inconceivable, but then we have to realize these people do not know Jesus.  And for that matter, so many are not even serious Jews, rather being ethnic Jews.  Well, the time of their coming face to face with truth is near at hand, just not yet.

All this is interesting surely.  But then you and I know a bit more.  We know that once a true peace agreement is signed by Israel that the people believe in so much they live in unwalled villages, the seven year Tribulation begins.  In fact, it begins the moment that agreement is signed.  And the individual who clearly leads that to come about is the antichrist.

 

We also have noticed all the interaction between Russia and Turkey and Iran in recent years.  All that is leading up to their attack on Israel in the Ezekiel 38-39 war, an attack that is obviously repelled by God in a way all should recognize his hand.  That attack will happen early in the Tribulation period, for the people are living in unwalled villages when it occurs the Bible says.

 

I do have one other overriding comment:  the new administration is not yet in office.  It seems an eerily quiet period in the US.  We all should be praying for peace and safety for all involved as this goes forward.

 

We should still expect the Lord’s return to collect his believers before the beginning of the Tribulation, for as we have noted so many times, in several places the Bible notes we were not appointed to suffer wrath.  Besides, the antichrist will not be free on earth to work to bring about the famous peace agreement that begins the Tribulation unless the true CHURCH, the true believers, have been taken out of the way. 

 

Keep your eyes on Jesus.  At all times.  Pray in the Spirit.  Seek his guidance.  Remember, the Holy Spirit guides you into all truth, tells you things yet to come, and reminds you of things Jesus has said to you.  If you don’t know the Holy Spirit and his gifts, pray to receive that and the baptism of the Spirit.  If possible, ask a Spirit-filled believer to pray for you for this.  Or contact us and we can pray for you over the telephone.

 

 

 

November 2024 

 

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* WATCHMAN WARNING: THIS EXTRAORDINARY ELECTION

 

 

This very unpleasant election in America is about to reach the end – of the formal voting at least.  Early voting has already begun in many places and the final official election day is just a few days off.

The contrast between the two major candidates and between the two major parties could not be greater.  One is based more on traditional American values from the Bible and the Constitution.  The other seeks to remake the nation into a socialist society with great attention to race and gender and restrictions on fundamental Constitutional rights such as free speech.  It seems to many a contest of whether the America most citizens over 40 have known all their lives survives or the nation turns the direction of other failed socialist states, a move apparently orchestrated by the evil one to make this great nation part of the soon arriving one world government.

Having said all that, I want to make sure that all believers realize these truths:

• The Lord Jesus is and will be King of Kings and Lord of Lords no matter who wins any human election.
• The Bible is true.  The words of God are inerrant.  They are infallible.
• Believers in Jesus Christ always seek to do his father’s will.  That is one of the fundamental requirements to be in the Kingdom.  Jesus actually said that.
• In the presidential election in the US we the people are not choosing a perfect person or leader.  None of the candidates qualify for that!  We are just trying to select the best candidate to lead a secular government.  Regardless of what we think of a person’s personality or whether we would want to hang out with them, we must choose the best of the candidates. 

Surely a believer in the Lord Jesus should vote, and they should vote for the candidate that is most based on the values Jesus and his father have presented to mankind.  The election is pretty clear if you want to help the US fight to continue the traditional values and not slide to a position of extreme weakness as the Tribulation begins.  Remember, you may not be here during the Tribulation, but some of your relatives, friends, coworkers, neighbors, and associates will surely be.  

October 2024 

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* WATCHMAN WARNING: WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON - THE FINAL STEPS

  

There will be fearful events, Jesus said of our time.  People will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea, he said.

 

All that just happened.  No one on the west coast of Florida, the Gulf Coast side, ever expected the storm Helene to have serious impact on them.  It was over a hundred miles away and supposedly heading north to come ashore in the panhandle area of Florida.  Then suddenly there was the many feet of storm surge and terrible destruction of cities and houses on that west coast.

 

Far away, five hundred miles north, in the mountains of NC people were living in Asheville and Boone and smaller towns like Chimney Rock and many more.  Five hundred miles!  Hurricanes were for the coast surely.  But not so this time.  Helene arrived at an area already saturated with many inches of rain.  And it just poured more on.  Then a flood ensued unlike anything anyone living had ever seen.  Massive destruction and loss of life.  We still don’t know the full extent.  The rescuers haven’t gotten everywhere to check it all out yet.  Too many trees down, not like we are used to seeing – a tree here or there.  No, this is piles of trees all together that take long, long periods to remove.  Buildings and cars wrecked and piled up.  Hundreds of roads damaged and cut off.  Bridges out.   And hundreds of people still missing.

 

The flood is of Biblical proportions some say.

 

Some try to compare it to the great flood there in 1916 but of course no one was around then.

 

And at the same time this is happening Iran sends many missiles into Israel, and the Middle East is turbulent indeed.  And the Ukraine war just continues.  Nation against nation.  Wars and rumors of wars.

 

Final signs.  These are part of the final signs.  Jesus outlined events of the last days.  Those days are here.

 

We are at the time of the Lord’s return.  Most people just do not know.  Serious believers know if they are paying attention.  Not anyone else. 

 

So we wait to hear his command, the angel’s shout, and the trumpet.  And we will be off, leaving behind huge numbers of people who do not know Jesus, including no doubt a significant number who thought they were Christians but were not born again, not born of water and the spirit as Jesus said was a requirement.  They had been let down by their church or by their own thinking.  They did not do the will of Jesus’ father.  They did not have the same innocent faith as little children.  And evidently they just did not truly believe.  So many in their churches and in some places their pastors themselves will be left behind.

 

Time.  It’s time.  You can continue to try to wake people up, to tell people the truth.  Lots just don’t want to be bothered.  They don’t want to hear.  Lots already have been caught in the deception of the evil one and even have fallen into delusion.  Some have just never paid attention or apparently even been able to hear the truth of God.  Many others get angry and protest in cities and universities for anti-god causes although they can’t understand they are on the wrong side,  They line up in support of vicious and blind opponents of the Jews and they support the LGBTQ movement in all its ramifications.  They are spiritually lost and will live in the Tribulation.

 

We believers all have to keep in mind that only God the Father can draw anyone to Jesus.  We can’t.  We can speak to others about Jesus and the gospel and the return.  We can pray for God the Father to draw these people to Jesus.  But then we have to let God be God.

 

Soon.  Soon the Lord will be here.  And we believers will be gone.  Comfort yourselves also with realization that some come to know the Lord during the horrible Tribulation period.  In Revelation John the disciple sees countless Tribulation saints in Heaven.

 

I don’t know how many more storms like Helene will occur or how extensive the wars will become or how many other natural or human disasters will occur before Jesus arrives.  Hopefully none.  One thing is for certain.  He will be here soon.

 

Another thing is certain too:

 

Some things are now happening on earth we have little or no control over.  Not all, just some.  I think we still apply the power of prayer in all situations and use the authority Jesus has given us at all times.  But just realize there may be moments that possibly we can’t change.  Jesus is coming indeed at the appointed time.  That time is set.  And it is soon.

 

 

                                                                                       October  2024

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