Maranatha!

This is Greek for Jesus is coming soon. Yes, it's been said for 2,000 years but.... all of the Biblical prophecies that were supposed to take place first, already have. (Except the building of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, but this can happen after the rapture.) It can be at any moment, or it can be in the next few years, but it is soon. Even the world is taking notice. The Mayan calendar only goes to 2012, and they just made a movie of the same name about the end of the world.

When I was young, there was little talk of Jesus coming back soon, but now? You hear it all the time in the media. It's on the cover of a current magazine, and is often on magazine covers. The Bible says it's like a woman's birth pangs getting closer and stronger with each pain. It seems that God's creation is calling out with each of these strong earthquakes of late. The political strife and division in the States. The economic uncertainty worldwide. The weather getting stranger and stranger. The spirit of the Anti-Christ rising up all over the planet with terrorism against Christians in the West. It seems like chaos is taking hold, and continues to worsen daily.
Jesus says in His word that we would not know the exact time, but that His children would know the season. I believe God keeps us faithful by not knowing the exact time. It's also why I believe He allows people to die at different ages and times, so that it keeps us diligent in our walk with Him. We never know when it's our time. We still don't, but we can sense the season.

I want to reach every person I can in the time that we have left, so they can be spared an eternity of 'weeping and gnashing of teeth.' Ezekiel 18:32 says, "For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies," declares the Lord God. "Therefore, repent and live." And in Ezekiel 18:23, "Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked," declares the Lord God, "rather than that he should turn from his ways and live?"

Repent just means to turn away from. You have to confess (agree with God that you missed His mark) AND you must turn away from it and not keep doing it. It's like two young brothers that are fighting. The older keeps hitting the younger brother and says he's sorry, but then does it again. That's not repenting, that's just confessing.

So, listen to Jesus. He says, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice, I will come in to dine with him, and him with Me." He will not force Himself. He's calling to all that will listen.

Come to Jesus before it's too late...