It had to. It was the plan all along.
Jesus Christ is returning
to the earth very soon to collect his true believers and take them with
him. Shortly thereafter or perhaps even concurrently
the seven year Tribulation will begin.
That will be a time of increasing horror and confusion and mayhem on
earth. Think about it. None of the people left on earth were chosen
by Jesus to go with him. So largely the
world will be populated and led by people who are just lost. Oh, there will surely be some who had some
knowledge of Jesus; they will likely start searching earnestly for more
information, visiting church and ministry libraries, reading about the Lord and
the last days on the Internet. And at
some point many of these come to know the Lord during the Tribulation, for the
disciple John sees them in Heaven when he is taken there in Revelation. I don’t know how they get there. One likely explanation is being killed by the
Antichrist government for their refusal to take the mark the False Prophet
requires of anyone who wants to buy or sell.
During that seven years
believers will be in heaven. What are
they doing? We don’t know. No doubt praising and worshipping Jesus and
the Father. Perhaps meeting past friends
and ancestors they never knew. Maybe
being trained for the future? At some
point attending the marriage supper of the Lamb. And then at the end of the seven years,
coming back to earth with Jesus in his army of Holy Ones to fight at
Armageddon. Actually, they don’t do any
fighting. Jesus wins that battle himself
by the sword coming out of his mouth.
Way back in the
beginning, when Adam walked with God and then God created Eve as his companion,
humanity made a fatal step. Adam and Eve
ate the forbidden fruit, the fruit God had warned not to be eaten. In doing so they and humanity fell away from
God, and life on earth entered a “fallen” period. For hundreds of years, four thousand in fact,
life continued like that. And then God
sent his son Jesus to earth to bring the Kingdom of God, to reconcile humanity
to himself. Jesus accomplished that
reconciliation by taking your and my sins to the cross and overcoming them,
earning God’s forgiveness for us and thus eternity with Jesus and the Father.
But…there is a big
requirement here. A person must
recognize Jesus as their Lord in order to be in that Kingdom. A person in essence must receive that
forgiveness and go forward seeking to do God’s will. It is by grace that we have all been saved,
and not by works so that no one can boast.
That is true. But that salvation
does not work for those who never hear about it or never act on it. And we all know so many in that camp.
We are at the very end of
this age. Remember with God a thousand
years is like a day and a day is like a thousand years. Well, in his time accounting, we have
finished six thousand years of human existence and are at the beginning of the
seventh thousand. We have finished six
days and are moving into the seventh.
From Adam to now has been six thousand years. So this all comes to a conclusion of sorts
now. This age ends. Not the earth. Not the world. Not humanity.
No. At the conclusion of the
battle at Armageddon, the Kingdom of God’s rule is set up on earth in
Jerusalem, and various of Jesus’ believers occupy positions of authority in
that government.
At that point the
thousand year millennium begins. That is
the seventh day. It is at the end of
that period that the new heaven and earth come, that God comes to dwell with
man in the new Jerusalem described at the end of the book of Revelation.
It all had to eventually
reach this point. This was always the
plan.
The Lord spoke to me
directly back in 2005 when I was preaching to a group. Right in my ear I heard “John, tell them who
I am and that I am coming soon.”
Ever since he has
periodically shared more about his return, and I have passed on much of
that. There just is not much more time
on earth before he comes. Very little.
It has been astounding to
me how small the number who understand and recognize Jesus is coming soon. The Biblical prophecies of things to happen
before his return have happened. Nothing
has to occur before he comes to collect his sheep. Some things may happen during the
Tribulation, like the invasion of Israel by nations to its north or the
building of the third temple, but nothing more has to happen now.
I think many people today
– including many unbelievers – realize something is highly amiss in our
world. Bizarre things are
happening. Leaders are doing things that
do not in any way appear wise. Groups of
people vociferously back positions that are irrational and they really are not
open to discussion. Life is increasingly
dangerous on earth.
But sadly so many churches
and church pastors are not teaching and preaching about these days, about
Jesus’ return. Why? That I don’t fully know. Some possible answers may be that the pastors
themselves do not have a revelation of the return, or that they are afraid of frightening
off younger adults who may want their children to have time to grow up, or that
the ruling boards of those churches just won’t allow the return to be
taught. In any event, they will have to
answer for not preparing their congregations.
Throughout the nation and
the world are individuals who do know the truth and who will be going with
Jesus. It is always wonderful to
encounter them. Several of my ministry
friends have made the point that where they live there is just no one for them
to truly talk with about all this, to share revelations from the Lord. I have that experience too. People out there are really lost and
unfocused on what really counts. And the
clock just keeps ticking.
Recently we have started
producing a series of short videos dealing directly with key points of these
last days. Currently they are available
on Twitter. We have hopes to make them
available elsewhere as well soon. Please
tell those you care for about these and encourage them to watch. Or forward our written material or give them
copies of our book WAKE
UP AMERICA! Remember, one of the
Lord’s assignments to all believers is to take the gospel to others (see the
last paragraph in Mark).
May God bless you and
your family and friends aways. May you
all live in the will of God.
And remember:
The only thing that matters is Jesus and your relationship with him.
July 2023
Copyright © 2023 by John Newlin
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