"I charge thee therefore before God, and the
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and
the dead at His appearing and His kingdom;
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of
season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all
longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will
come when they will not endure sound doctrine;
but after their own lusts shall they heap to
themselves teachers, having itching ears; And
they shall turn away their ears from the truth,
and shall be turned unto fables.
But watch thou in all things, endure
afflictions, do the work of an evangelist,
make full proof of thy ministry." (
2nd Timothy 4:1-5)
Somebody has to watch in all
things, do the work of an evangelist
and make full proof of the ministry to which
God called them. That's the
charge. You accepted it -- or you
wouldn't be reading these words now.
My Testimony - for these End
Times......
For whatever reason, 14 years ago I had
just returned from my first and only trip to
Israel. And from that moment on....I
was being taught, by the Lord, about End
Times Bible Prophecy. I did not ask
for this......BUT, as the above quote says
"the phone DID ring, and I DID answer
it."
It has been an EXCITING 14
years......ever since that trip. And I
CANNOT deny it....once God showed me about
End Times Bible prophecy, IT MADE SO MUCH
SENSE TO ME. And I have learned so
much more than I could have ever expected
about what the Bible says about so many,
many things. For example:
1) It's ALL about Jesus
Christ...... The New Testament,
especially the OLD Testament. Jesus Christ
is IN EVERY book of the Bible.......the New
and the OLD Testament.
2) It's ALL about the nation of
Israel.....and God's CHOSEN People, the
Jews. But we, Christians, were GRAFTED
in.......and God has NOT forgotten the
Jews. They WILL come to know "he whom
they pierced....."
3) And of course....End Times Bible
Prophecy, starting with the RETURN of the
Jewish people to israel in May, 1948.
God led me to Five Doves, Rapture Ready
and Watch.org. He did NOT make me an
ORGANIZER....I have no website, no
book.
But God put it DEEP IN MY HEART to be
excited about the times in which we
live......
THINK OF IT.....US....you and me......the
LAST Generation!! What a time to
be a Christian and to see it all playing out
for us (IF one is watching....and believing)
every day in the world's news... What
a time......what a generation..
And it isn't "easy." It comes at a
cost. Friends....even family wonder
about me...you...us. We who are
watching.
It comes at a cost of business
pursuits........it is HARD to focus on work,
when you are WATCHING every day.....and when
your heart is alrady IN HEAVEN......waiting
for the Pre-Trib Rapture....... in
opposition to almost EVERY person you know
who says "Even the Bible says....no man
knows the day or the hour."
I am fortunate to have enough time every
day, to be a WATCHMAN on the
WALL...... but it comes at a
cost. It can steal your joy
about THIS life..... It can take away
your focus about accomplishing more in this
life......
The old phrase.....he's so heavenly
minded, he's no earthly good.......
it's true...
But then the Bible says "For where your
treasure is, there your heart will be
also." Matthew 6.
I LONG......for heaven. To be in a
sin-free world...in a sin-free body. I
LONG for this.
The song SMILE says "I just want this
waiting to be over...."
What would God have me doing in these
Last Days.......even in the LAST of the Last
Days??
I find more peace and enjoyment sharing
what God has taught me about Bible Prophecy
and the Return of Christ with a Pre-Trib
Rapture......and this Last Generation......
than about any big successes at work.
I just hope we don't have to wait much
longer..... My heart is ALREADY where
my treasure is....
TICK TOCK,
YFIC,
Randy
PS.....I truly enjoy writers and speakers
like Jack Kinsella, David Jeremiah, Pastor
John Hagee, and websites like Five Doves,
Rapture Ready ......and books from Joel
Rosenberg.....and the Left Behind series,
(which is now over 15+ years old.....wow,
where did the time go?).
I've found that people like Jack and the
guys at Rapture Ready have a perspective
that is EXACTLY like mine, on pretty much
EVERY issue on the End Times. I/we
believe that the world will be
"normal".....as in the days of
Noah.....right up until the Rapture.
And it is theRapture that makes (as I say)
all the dominoes fall...ushering in the
chaos of the Tribulation's 7
years.......
I do hope we don't have long to
wait.......I do so want to be "right"
......one day....one day soon.... I do
feel like Chicken Little......as a Watchman
on the Wall..... or the boy who cried
wolf...... i guard, rather closely,
WHO I tell about what I think is the
"nearness of the hour" and WHY I believe
this. There are less than 20 people
(?) who know how strongly I believe these
are the Last Days..
And yet.....I have a Powerpoint that is
"out there" on the internet IN CASE the
"dead in Christ do rise
first...." And my posts about
WHY I think THIS Rosh Hashanah could be THE
date for the Rapture are ALL out there on
Five Doves......
Perhaps, my "ministry" has best been the
sharing that has occurred over the past 10
years since I first felt led to begin
posting on Five Doves...... I do hope
I have been an encouragement to others who
have been led by God, to understand the
times in which we live...and how special it
IS, to be living in this Last
Generation......
PPS....I this stock market just going to
keep on RALLYING up this year????????
Last year's problems are now all
solved?? YOu got to be kidding me...
!!