The Sabbath Day

I love to rest on the Sabbath. 

 It was a special day set aside in Eden, at the beginning for mankind to rest and contemplate and commune with Elohim in His marvelous creation. 

 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. (Gen. 2:2 ESV)  God came down and walked with the man and woman who He made in the cool of the day in Eden.  I discovered the Sabbath as a God given day of rest and healing years ago. Jesus gave me the physical strength to function through out the week when I rested on His day set aside to cease from my daily activities.  I had had terminal cancer.  Jesus miracusly healed me in a moment of divine mercy from above. Resting on the Sabbath, Saturday helps keep me strong.  God designed the human body and soul to rest the seventh day. (Genesis 1)  "Sabbath" simply meant, to cease from activity.

Animals in Heaven

I think Scripture is clear animals have living soul and the breath of life and are therefore living souls . " And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground--everything that has the breath of life in it--I give every green plant for food." And it was so. *Gen. 1:30 NIV)  Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark. (Gen 7:15 NIV)  (Genesis 6:17, 7:15,22) The living creatures that John saw at God's throne, 3 of the 4 are clearly God's animal  super angels.…The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle. And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, "HOLY, HOLY, HOLY is THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, WHO WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME."  (Rev. 4:8)  And besides, Jesus comes back riding a white horse.I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. (Revelation 19:11) It cant be more clear that animals are in heaven, and they do have souls.   What is the difference between animals and humans?  We are made in the image of God, they are not. So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. (Gen. 1:27) And, let us remember that not even a sparrow falls to the ground apart from God. "Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father." (Mt. 10:29 NASB)  So, Church, let's us stop dissing animals. Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD! (Psalm 150:6 NASB)  Let's worship the great Creator

The Rapture

The rapture, it's timing is something I've been contemplating for 20 years. 

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 I've held all positions, pre, mid, and post timing over the years.  Finally, the Holy Spirit gave me some in sights. 1) Missler is clear when we compare the rapture verses, harpazo, to the second coming verses these are 2 distinct events.  I defer to Missler on the timing as he is, in my oponion the world pre-eminant bible teacher.  2) The Holy spirit also told me, "The rapture is a non issue.  The day of debate is over.  Work while it is day."  In other words, for 20 years, an entire generation has debated the timing of the rapture while this world plunges into the last days and millions of souls are perishing annually. 

 Therefore, Church, it is time to leave this debate behind and focus on the work of the ministry.  

Debating the timing of the rapture is for a lukewarm church; going into all the  world, as a witness for Jesus is a Church on fire for our Lord!  Let us work while it is day!  We trust God and watch with expectancy for the appearing of our Lord and us being gathered to Him. (Thess.)

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My Experience

Years ago I did what the Prophet Daniel did.  I went on a 3 week fast seeking God's mercy on America.  I was in sorrow for the sins of America, my own sins and my people's sins.

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 I was fearful for judgement coming upon our nation.  I have read Revelation and the Prophets of the Old Testament  enough to know that great nuclear wars will occur.  The arsenals now in possession of the great end time nations will be released with burning fury and mankind will come near to extinction.  Nuclear holocaust is coming to this world.  So, I begged the Almighty for mercy on America.

  At the end of 3 weeks I had a dream in which I heard words.  This dream was a message concerning the timing of World War 3.  I heard these words spoken to me in this dream: "World War 3 will be in 15 years."  I awoke, got up and looked at the calendar; September 11, 2002.  The approximate time was 7a.m. PST.

IF (and I emphasis IF), this was a message from God sent to me the the date of world War 3 will be September 11, 2017.  May God have mercy on America. 

The Apostle Who Jesus Loved

John was given the title, "the  disciple who Jesus loved." (Jn 13:23, 21:7)

He loved Jesus very much and was always very close to Him.  John, along James, his brother and Peter were Jesus' right hand men.  The "inner 3" as Missler calls them.  Decades after Jesus ascended to heaven, towards the end of John's life he was put on the island of Patmos to receive the Word of God, the Revelation of Jesus Christ. John was taken to heaven, and stood at God's throne.  John was shown the end of days, know as the tribulation.  He also saw the world to come, the new heavens and earth.  It would be wonderful to be close to Jesus like that and to see such great and mighty things... That's the desires of my heart.

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Revelation 1 Contemporary English Version (CEV)

1 This is what God showed to Jesus Christ, so that he could tell his servants what must happen soon. Christ then sent his angel with the message to his servant John. 2 And John told everything that he had seen about God’s message and about what Jesus Christ had said and done.

The Beloved Prophets

Daniel is entitled "Greatly Beloved" by a super angel sent from God. (Dan. 10:19)

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Daniel was in prayer and fasting for 3 full weeks. (Dan. 10:2)  He was seeking the face of the Most High  God to return His people to Jerusalem as prophesied by the Jeremiah (Jer. 29:10).  This was at the end of being held captive in Babylon for 70 years.  God heard the prayers of Daniel, saw his heart, and answered.  God's  answer was sending a message from heaven to Daniel about the great and coming Messiah and the ultimate victory of His Kingdom for the people of Israel.  Daniel recorded the vision and the meaning.  

And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent....Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days. (Daniel 10:10,11,14) 

In the Bible the men given the honor as the beloved of God were both given great visions of the world to come.  Daniel was the first, John was the second.

Jesus Commands Us to Watch

Jesus commands His followers to be constantly watching for His soon Coming.

 Especially now, as we approach the end of this age.  This includes His appearing in the heavens at the rapture and His Second Coming to earth.  I like the way Jesus sums things up: (Mark 13:34-37 NLT)    “The coming of the Son of Man can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a long trip. When he left home, he gave each of his slaves instructions about the work they were to do, and he told the gatekeeper to watch for his return. You, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know when the master of the household will return—in the evening, at midnight, before dawn, or at daybreak. Don’t let him find you sleeping when he arrives without warning. I say to you what I say to everyone: Watch for him!”

The NIV puts Jesus' words in Mark 13:37 this way: What I say to you, I say to everyone: 'Watch!'"  Here's the NASB translation: "What I say to you I say to all, 'Be on the alert!'"  

The Message rendition explains Jesus' commands to know the times like this: "So, stay at your post, watching. You have no idea when the homeowner is returning, whether evening, midnight, cockcrow, or morning. You don’t want him showing up unannounced, with you asleep on the job. I say it to you, and I’m saying it to all: Stay at your post. Keep watch.” (from Mark 13)  

Billy Graham's daughter says we are at the end of the age: "One of the things He has impressed on me is that we are living at the end of human history as we know it," Lotz wrote in a June 20 (2014) letter to CBN founder Pat Robertson.

No One Knows the Day or Time

32 No one knows the day or the time. The angels in heaven don’t know, and the Son himself doesn’t know. Only the Father knows. 33 So watch out and be ready! You don’t know when the time will come. 34 It is like what happens when a man goes away for a while and places his servants in charge of everything. He tells each of them what to do, and he orders the guard to keep alert. 35 So be alert! You don’t know when the master of the house will come back. It could be in the evening or at midnight or before dawn or in the morning. 36 But if he comes suddenly, don’t let him find you asleep. 37 I tell everyone just what I have told you. Be alert! (Mark chapter 13 CEV)