Edition 2 - Are we going to be the last generation that will see the return of Christ?  Here are some startling proofs that we are.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brE0qLNe8Ak

Here is a new video I made on my spare time concerning the end times and if we are indeed the last generation.  Please check it out and leave comments at this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z601JA5oerM

We are told that in the latter days/years the Jews will return back to their land Israel which had been desolate for centries.  When they do return to their land then we will know we are in the latter years.  In 1948 the Jews were givin back their land that was promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  Read and study Ezekiel 37-39.

Ezekiel 38:8
After many days you will be visited. In the latter years you will come into the land of those brought back from the sword and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel, which had longbeen desolate; they were brought out of the nations, and now all ofthem dwell safely.

Also read Joel 2-3

The time is near.  Now is the time to accept and have faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Eternity is forever.  In this world, man must either decide to accept Christ as personal Lord and Savior... or by sinful indecision, reject Him.

Based on that decision he destines himself either for God's forgiveness and an eternity in Heaven or for God's judgement and an eternity in Hell.

Try to imagine that this earth upon which we dwell is nothing but sand.  Now try to imagine that a little bird could fly through space from a faraway planet to ours and carry back with him a tiny grain of sand, and that the round trip would take a thousand years.

Now try to imagine how long it would take for that little bird to carry away this entire earth, a grain of sand each thousand years!

The time required for this would be but a moment in comparison to eternity!

Where do you want to spend ETERNITY?

John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

I clearly believe that the Rapture occurs before the 7 year tribulation.  If you read Revelation 2 and 3 you will see that the church is still on the earth.  But notice in chapture 4 that the church is in heaven:

Revelation 4:5 "And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices.  Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God"

What is the seven lamps????  Read chapter 1:

Revelation 1:20 "The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches."

So we know the seven lampstands is the church (1:20) and we know that the church is in heaven in chapture 4 (4:5)

Revelation 3:10 "Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth."

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with thevoice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead inChrist will rise first.  Then we who are alive andremain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet theLord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.   Therefore comfort one another with these words."

1 Thessalonians 5:9-11 "For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,  who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.
 Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing."

Not much of a comfort if we have to go through the wrath of the great tribulation.  It is interesting to note that Revelation 3:10 says "will keep you from the hour of trial". 

The Rapture of the church involves all believers being caught up to heaven—those just resurrected, together with those alive at the time (1 Thes 4:13-18). If it occurs at the beginning of the tribulation period, then clearly Christ's Second Coming at the end of the Tribulation to rescue Israel in the midst of Armageddon is a separate event. According to Zechariah 14:3-5, "all the saints" must accompany Christ back to earth. But if the Rapture occurs at the end of the Tribulation, it must be simultaneous with the Second Coming, making them one event. Which is it: two events separated by seven years, or one event with two diverse purposes?

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Most of the world has little concern for the Nazi Holocaust with its 6 million victims, or for the earlier Muslim holocaust of far more millions from France to China, or the more recent Islamic outrages of 9/11, and the ongoing slaughter in southern Sudan, which almost daily adds to the 2 million already slain there by Muslims practicing sharia imposed by Khartoum. Some, however, cannot forget the sacrifice of innocent lives and are tormented by the question, "How could a good God allow such untold suffering?" ...

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God never adjusts Himself or His Word to the tastes of men. He never changes anything to appeal to the corrupt appetites of the ungodly in any age—all must come to Him on His terms. He commands all men everywhere to repent because of coming judgment (Acts 17:30,31). "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord…" (Is 55:7). There is no softening of the gospel to make it "seeker friendly."Many claim to seek God but never find Him. Yet He has promised: "Ye shall seek ME, and find ME, when ye shall search for ME with all your heart" (Jer 29:13). The true God must be sought on His terms. It is not a question of music, videos, or other gimmicks to attract the youth, or of icons, candles, rituals, or other embellishments to create an aura of "sacredness." The truth asks no props, only our fervent desire. The earnest seeker must come to God in repentance and cry out to Him for mercy....

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