Jesus Is Returning Sooner Than We Think!

We are living in one of the most exciting times in this world’s history as we await the return of Jesus Christ.

Imagine an area the size of London being covered two feet deep in 50p coins. Somewhere in the middle is one with a red dot. Now, imagine a blindfolded person being given only one chance to pick up the marked coin. Impossible?

That is the same probability as just eight prophecies about the Return of Christ being literally fulfilled, estimated as one in ten to the seventh power, i.e. one with 17 zeros = 100,000,000,000,000,000. This is a number so big we cannot begin to comprehend it, but it gives us some idea of how amazing it is that so many prophecies are, in fact, being literally fulfilled today.

His Promise is certain:

“In My Father’s House are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.” (John 14:3, The Bible).

Jesus Christ is coming back again for His Church. First, believers will see Him as they meet the Lord in the air, known as the Rapture of the Church. Then we return with Him after the Great Tribulation when He stands on the Mount of Olives and every eye sees, every knee bows and every tongue confesses He is indeed Lord.

What a Day that will be!

Are you READY for His Return?

Val

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You are invited to attend a free End Times Seminar I will be presenting this weekend in Durban, South Africa.

These are very critical and prophetic days we live in and we will be examining powerful evidence for the Soon Return of Christ as we look at current events in the light of Biblical prophecy.

Many wonder about the Rapture of the Church. Will it happen? Is it a Biblical truth? When will it happen? I will be presenting Biblical evidence for this exciting event on the Church calendar so don’t miss it.

Let’s prepare ourselves, our families and especially our children and grandchildren for the Second Greatest Event this world will ever experience. The first was when the Lord came the first time – now we look forward to His Promised Return.

Earthquakes, pestilences, war and rumours of war, the global financial situation and much more will come under the spotlight this weekend.

Be sure to attend if you live in the vicinity of Durban.

Venue: St. George’s Presbyterian Church, Wellfreer/Admiral Road, Bluff, Durban, South Africa.

Dates: Friday – Sunday, January 20-22, 2012.

Val

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Hillary Clinton Tells Supreme Court not to Call Jerusalem Part of Israel

In a legal brief filed with the US Supreme Court, Hillary Clinton has urged the justices not to call Jerusalem part of Israel.

At issue is the birthplace designation on passports given to US citizens born in Israel. The Administration’s policy is to require those born in the Jewish capital to have their place of birth listed as Jerusalem rather than Israel.

This rule applies to no other capital city on earth; its only purpose can only be to refuse to acknowledge that Jerusalem is the capital of the Jewish state.

The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the case of nine-year-old Menachem Zivotofsky, who was born in Jerusalem in 2002. His parents want his birthplace listed as Israel.

Congress passed a law in 2004 requiring Israel be listed as the place of birth to those born in Jerusalem at their request, but the State Department headed by Hillary Clinton has refused.

They may as well say people born in London aren’t British!

The “world” seems determined to divide up the Land God gave His Chosen People, a job antiChrist will complete. “Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain.” — Daniel 11:39.

How close are we to the Return of Christ and the Rapture of the Church?

Look up, believer, and tune in your ears for the trumpet blast!

Yes, the Rapture is on schedule and no amount of arguing will change God’s plan. Soon the Church will meet Him in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Val

P.S. Pop along to The Internet Church and listen to Ray Ludik sing “I Can’t Keep My Eyes Off The Clouds.” Your spirit will leap with you!

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Some years ago, I was working as a Pastoral Assistant at a local church in Durban North when the Janitor came rushing into my office.

“My wife is having a baby,” he said excitedly.

“That’s nice,” I responded, thinking he wanted a lift to the local hospital.

“You don’t understand,” he shouted. “She is having a baby right now in the Church kitchen.”

We rushed through the sanctuary to the kitchen and, sure enough, there she was on all fours about to give birh. The Zulu people in South Africa are a hardy folk and I knew the baby was on its way.

I ran to the little chapel and interrupted about forty folks enjoying an early morning prayer meeting.

“Come, help deliver the baby!”

I could just see the whites of forty pairs of eyes, but no-one moved.

“You’re all parents and grandparents. You’ve been there. You know what to do…” I said as panic began to set in.

“We will help!”

I turned around to see two middle-aged bachelors. They had never been married and I doubt they had ever held a baby.

“We know what to do,” they said. “We saw it on TV.”

One rushed to find some newspaper and water (he’d seen that on TV) and the other stood over the hapless lady shouting “Push.”

I was on the ‘phone to the hospital and shouting “DON’T PUSH!!!!”
at the same time.

Fortunately for all of us, the ambulance arrived on time, but it was touch and go. The contractions were really coming thick and fast – and so was the baby.

It made me realise the truth of what Jesus said. The more “Signs of the Times” we see happening in our world .. the more the world’s contractions increase .. the closer is the Return of the One Who was once The Babe of Bethlehem.

I’m looking forward to His Return with great anticipation. How about you?

Val

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The Christian and the Bible

“Listen to the statutes… teach them to your children and your grandchildren.” – Deuteronomy 4:1, 9

Jesus said the love of many would grow cold in the End Times. Despite our profession of faith, the facts speak loudly about the general level of spirituality among believers. The only true source of spiritual sustenance is the Inspired Word of God and neglect is causing many Christians to suffer from Spirtual Malnutrition.

Recently comedian Jay Leno asked his television audience to name one of the Ten Commandments. One person ventured: “God helps those who help themselves.” Leno asked if anyone could name the four Gospels. No one could; but responding to another question, almost everyone in the audience could name the four Beatles.

As biblical instruction wanes, large numbers of young people are biblically illiterate. Our society is developing a profound ignorance of Jesus. Many don’t understand the term “Good Friday” or the meaning of our basic Christian vocabulary–grace, sin, redemption, and salvation.

The number of people who read the Bible “occasionally” has declined from 79 percent in the 1980s to 59 percent. Only 16 percent of Christians say they read the Bible daily. (Clayton Hardiman, Bible Literacy Slipping, Experts Say, at Religious News Service, posted at home.snu.edu/~HCULBERT/literacy.htm)

Read your Bible every day. Teach it to your children. Don’t depend on others to do it. Offer to lead Bible classes at your church, and volunteer to work in the children’s ministry. Reversing the tide of biblical illiteracy is going to take all of us doing our part.

“Many Christians expect the world to respect the book they neglect.” -E.C. McKenzie

Source: David Jeremiah

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