I would have to say that I never really understood left behind letters.  The word of God is pretty clear that those that reject His grace before His return will be under a strong delusion to believe a lie.

Then I think that if someone isn’t willing or wanting to bow their knees to Jesus in this time of green, what makes them think that they will be willing to during the dry time?  I have had my problems with the movies and books too.  They appear to be do-able.  I fear that people watch them and think, “I can do that.”  And so deep within their depraved souls they believe they can live like they want to now, and then they will be able to turn to Him later.  If they had only made the movies showing a large turn-over of the cast.  In other words, showing the stars of the show losing their lives for Christ during the movie.  And it appears in the movies and books that the world is moving along too smoothly.  I have just felt that things looked way too livable.  They should have made it look less appealing to people in my opinion.  I don’t believe that the letters everyone is talking about leaving behind will do much good.  I just don’t put much stock in them.

Another thing, when Noah and company got into the boat, and God shut the door, then the rains started pouring down, I believe there were many repentant people crying out for forgiveness then, but God didn’t open the door.  After the rapture, there will be many repentant sinners crying out for mercy.  Then there will be earthquakes, probably some nuclear bombs, etc.  So, my question has always been, if you are crying out for mercy just after the rapture and God’s judgment falls via a meteor or something like that and it lands on your head, do you go to heaven?  I don’t think so.  Can I get a comment or two from someone out there?   I have always thought that if you are to be a tribulation saint that you must either die for the sake of Christ or be running for your life from those that want to kill you.  Of course I can’t limit the grace of Jesus Christ.  His mercy is far beyond anything that I can imagine, but we sometimes lean more heavily upon the Good God when dealing with sinners, rather than the Just God dealing out retribution to them that spurn Him.  So, as you might guess, I haven’t written a left behind letter.  May God show me whether I should or shouldn’t.
 

Michael Westphall