Here we are at the end of 2019 ! What a year this has been concerning Bible prophecy being fulfilled or the precursors of it ... the beginning stages .... of what the Bible predicted would be true in these last moments of the last days.
What 2020 will bring is exciting to contemplate! Could the Rapture of the Church to heaven occur in 2020? Possibly, but only God knows the day and the hour. We finite humans can only wait and hope the rapture will be soon; for many of us, we long to be with Jesus in heaven. We know that the Rapture is imminent from what the Bible tells us in many places. Check out Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 for signs of the end times.
Some people make New Year's resolutions. Amir Tsarfati, an evangelist from Israel, said recently in one of his posts: "There is one resolution that we should all make and never break, and that is to follow Jesus more closely than ever, for He is the light of the world."
"Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life." - John 8:12
Amir Tsarfati also says, "Being led by the Light will always lead us to walk in truth, God's truth. As the year comes to a close, let's commit to walking in the Light of His Word and speaking the truth in love. For the light of the world is coming again for His church so that where He is, we may be also."
In these perilous and evil last days we find ourselves living in, we must not let the world and its desires become desirous to us true believers. We should be separate from the world, and live only for the good Lord. That includes sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with others, of course.
1 John 2:15-17 tells us: (15) "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (16) For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. (17) And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever."
Following is an 8 minute sermon clip by David Wilkerson on the subject of the true Christian.
In the above sermon, Pastor Wilkerson also mentions being "rapture ready" when Jesus returns for His Bride, the true believers.
"And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart." - Jeremiah 29:13
"The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them." - Psalm 34:7
"Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it." - Psalm 34:14
"The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit." - Psalm 34:18
It is highly recommended that you read all of Psalm 34.
Psalm 46:2 tells us "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."
"The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in Whom I will trust." - Psalm 18:2
If you are not born again from above, if you have not believed with all your very being that Jesus is the Savior and the only way to God and heaven, I pray that you do so before it is too late. Jesus will return soon to take true believers to be in heaven with Him, and those who did not surrender in Faith to Christ will be left behind to face the terrors and horrors and destruction that occur during the 7 year Tribulation, after the Rapture of the Church.
Romans 10:9,10, 13 tells us, (9) "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (10) For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (13) For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me."
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." - John 3:16
