2 boxes frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
1/2 finely chopped onion
3 diced jalapenos
2 cans green chilies
4 cloves minced garlic
2 cans artichoke hearts, drained
2 sticks butter
2 packages cream cheese
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 large container sour cream
2 cups grated monterey jack cheese
1 1/2 cups parmesean cheese
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
4 diced tomatoes
2 tsp cayenne pepper
1 lb chicken, boiled and chopped
4 pie crusts with tops
Preheat the oven according to pie crust box directions.
Saute spinach, onion, jalapenos, chilies, garlic, and artichoke hearts in butter.
Remove from heat and mix with the cream cheese, vinegar, sour cream, cheeses,whipping cream, tomatoes, cayenne, and chicken.
Stuff into pie crusts and put the tops on. Crimp the edges with a fork, and then poke a few holes in the pie crust top with the fork.
Bake according to time indicated on the pie crust box.
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
What Christ Is To Us (poem)
The Shield from every dart;
The Balm for every smart;
The Sharer of each load;
Companion on the road.
The Door into the fold;
The Anchor that will hold;
The Shepherd of the sheep;
The Guardian of my sleep.
The Friend with Whom I talk;
The Way by which I walk;
The Light to show the way;
The Strength for every day.
The Source of my delight;
The Song to cheer the night;
The Thought that fills my mind;
The Best of All to find—is Jesus!
—Anonymous
Monday, May 2, 2016
Storms in Our Life (video sermon)
There is a story recorded three times in the gospel about the Lord Jesus Christ calming a storm that was raging while the disciples were navigating a ship on the Sea of Galilee. My history teacher use to say, "If I say it once I think it's important. If I say it twice then I want you to learn something from it. But, if I say it three times it's gonna be on the test!" All of us are going to go through storms in our lives. And, the Lord is giving us something in this story that will help us get through these tests.
The first thing to notice is that their journey began smoothly. The storm wasn't raging when they entered the boat. It seems that storms come out of nowhere. They don't come when we are expecting them. Storms come when everything seems to be going well.
This storm was so bad that the water started to come in the boat. The disciples were scared! Here they are trying to get through this storm and feeling that they were going to sink and they ask the Lord a question that we will all ask Him at one point or another, "Lord, Don't you care that we are perishing?"
We go through troubles and heartaches and we turn and ask the Lord, "Don't you care that this is killing me?" And, just like He did with the disciples, He asks us, "Why are you so fearful? Why don't you have faith?"
The disciples in the story never answer Him. It's recorded that He asks them these two questions in all three accounts and in none of those accounts do the disciples answer His questions.
Christ was in the boat with them. He wasn't somewhere else watching them try to tread water; He was there the whole time. Christ was bigger than that dreadful storm! It took just one command- Peace. Be Still. Christ can calm the storm any time, but He allows it to continue for a reason; and, He never leaves us alone during the storms.
Some times uncertainty surrounds us and it seems that evil is winning. It is during these times that we must remember that Jesus Christ is a Just God. He said in John 14, "Let not your heart be troubled." When the waves are crashing and the winds are whipping and we feel the boat is about to sink, Christ is still with us saying, "Let not your heart be troubled."
We won't always know why the storm comes. We won't always understand the reason we must traverse such troubled pathways. We won't see the way Jesus Christ sees it. But, we can know that He is there, and He sees things far better than we do- He sees the past, the present, and the future. He sees the end of the storm and the results that come from it when we are still in the struggle.
In due time, Joy cometh in the morning.
The first thing to notice is that their journey began smoothly. The storm wasn't raging when they entered the boat. It seems that storms come out of nowhere. They don't come when we are expecting them. Storms come when everything seems to be going well.
This storm was so bad that the water started to come in the boat. The disciples were scared! Here they are trying to get through this storm and feeling that they were going to sink and they ask the Lord a question that we will all ask Him at one point or another, "Lord, Don't you care that we are perishing?"
We go through troubles and heartaches and we turn and ask the Lord, "Don't you care that this is killing me?" And, just like He did with the disciples, He asks us, "Why are you so fearful? Why don't you have faith?"
The disciples in the story never answer Him. It's recorded that He asks them these two questions in all three accounts and in none of those accounts do the disciples answer His questions.
Christ was in the boat with them. He wasn't somewhere else watching them try to tread water; He was there the whole time. Christ was bigger than that dreadful storm! It took just one command- Peace. Be Still. Christ can calm the storm any time, but He allows it to continue for a reason; and, He never leaves us alone during the storms.
Some times uncertainty surrounds us and it seems that evil is winning. It is during these times that we must remember that Jesus Christ is a Just God. He said in John 14, "Let not your heart be troubled." When the waves are crashing and the winds are whipping and we feel the boat is about to sink, Christ is still with us saying, "Let not your heart be troubled."
We won't always know why the storm comes. We won't always understand the reason we must traverse such troubled pathways. We won't see the way Jesus Christ sees it. But, we can know that He is there, and He sees things far better than we do- He sees the past, the present, and the future. He sees the end of the storm and the results that come from it when we are still in the struggle.
In due time, Joy cometh in the morning.
Sunday, May 1, 2016
A Penny For Your Thoughts
Life is full of questions. Before we fully understand the concept of questions, we are asked them. From the time we begin talking we start asking questions. "A penny for your thoughts?"
The motives behind the questions are just as important as the questions themselves. I remember a story of a little boy who had asked his mother what sex was. After a rather tenuous answer, the little boy held up a t-ball registration form and pointed to the word with an F and an M beside it. "What do I put here?"
When Christ was on the earth He was asked many questions. Will you heal me? Are you the Messiah? Some people were sincere in their questions. Others were not.
There was a time He was asked a question by spies. These deceitful men pretended to be righteous.
Luke 20:20-26- And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly: Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no? But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's. And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's. And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
Christ knew that these men wanted to use His words against Him. He knew the force that drove them to ask this particular question. Knowing the motive behind the question helped Him to use wisdom in His answer.
This question was meant to be a trap. They thought that Christ would be against the government. They didn't know that Christ was there to fulfill the law. He wasn't against Jewish Law or Roman Rule.
Matthew 17:24-27- And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free. Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
The passage above shows us that Christ paid His taxes. There are many Christians out there today that say that they are serving the Lord while committing tax evasion. They cite that the tax laws aren't legal. I guess the whole "going to jail" part gets ignored.
Even though Christ's words of wisdom helped Him answer their question flawlessly, they still accused Him of tax evasion!
Luke 23:2- And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
Life is full of offenses. We shouldn't try to offend the world just for the sake of a fight. We shouldn't be offended by the world, either. We are suppose to live peaceably while we are here. Like Christ, when we are asked a question we should know enough Scriptures, and be close enough to God that men will marvel at our answers. Our replies should lead others to the truth of God's Word.
The motives behind the questions are just as important as the questions themselves. I remember a story of a little boy who had asked his mother what sex was. After a rather tenuous answer, the little boy held up a t-ball registration form and pointed to the word with an F and an M beside it. "What do I put here?"
When Christ was on the earth He was asked many questions. Will you heal me? Are you the Messiah? Some people were sincere in their questions. Others were not.
There was a time He was asked a question by spies. These deceitful men pretended to be righteous.
Luke 20:20-26- And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly: Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no? But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's. And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's. And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
Christ knew that these men wanted to use His words against Him. He knew the force that drove them to ask this particular question. Knowing the motive behind the question helped Him to use wisdom in His answer.
This question was meant to be a trap. They thought that Christ would be against the government. They didn't know that Christ was there to fulfill the law. He wasn't against Jewish Law or Roman Rule.
Matthew 17:24-27- And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free. Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
The passage above shows us that Christ paid His taxes. There are many Christians out there today that say that they are serving the Lord while committing tax evasion. They cite that the tax laws aren't legal. I guess the whole "going to jail" part gets ignored.
Even though Christ's words of wisdom helped Him answer their question flawlessly, they still accused Him of tax evasion!
Luke 23:2- And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
Life is full of offenses. We shouldn't try to offend the world just for the sake of a fight. We shouldn't be offended by the world, either. We are suppose to live peaceably while we are here. Like Christ, when we are asked a question we should know enough Scriptures, and be close enough to God that men will marvel at our answers. Our replies should lead others to the truth of God's Word.
Friday, April 22, 2016
Left Behind? What to do.
Written by Peter S. Ruckman
Matthew 24:36 "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
37 "But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 "For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 "And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 "Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 "Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 "Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 "But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 "Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh."
Some day soon, the Lord Jesus Christ is going to return and take all the born-again Christians to heaven. These instructions are written to the people who are left behind, to tell them what to do after they have missed the Rapture. We are warning you about this now, because we won't be around then. All of these instructions are found in the Holy Bible, which is the first thing you're going to need to find out what is going on.
----1. Don't get excited. ----
If you never worried about the Rapture before it happened, then it is absolutely useless to worry about it after it's already over. If you had wanted to get right with God before the Rapture, you could have, but you chose to wait. Now your only chance is to stay on the earth and to endure to the end of the Tribulation. Matthew 24: 13 says, "But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." It is useless for you to bang your head on the wall and scream and holler.
The Christians are gone-they are all gone. If you had a little baby, the little baby is gone. "Sin is not imputed when there is no law" (Romans 5: 13). Sin is not charged while the child is still innocent, so you don't have to worry about the baby. The baby is with Jesus.
---- 2. Start working your way to heaven. ----
If the Lord comes and you remain behind, then start working like a madman to get to heaven, because you're going to have to. You have entered a period of time called "The Great Tribulation," and the plan of salvation in the Tribulation is faith in Jesus Christ plus your own good works.
Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death."
Revelation 6:9 " ... I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:"
Revelation 14:12 "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."
Revelation 22:14 "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city."
Revelation 7:14 " ... These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."
You must keep the Ten Commandments (all of them, Ecclesiastes 12:13), keep the Golden Rule (l John 3:10), give your money to the poor, get baptized, take up your cross, hold out to the end of the Tribulation, wait for Jesus Christ to show up at the Battle of Armageddon, and be prepared to die for what you believe. In the Tribulation, you cannot be saved by grace alone like you could before the Rapture.
Before the Rapture, you could have been saved by grace through faith plus nothing (Ephesians 2:8-9), but one minute after the Rapture took place you must get out the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule and start learning them, because you're going to be judged by them (Matthew 25:31-46). The way to get to heaven in the Tribulation is to earn it: do right by God, and do right by your fellow man as well.
Isaiah 1:16 "Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
17 "Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow."
----3. Don't take any mark or any number.----
The Bible says whoever takes the mark of the beast goes to Hell.
Revelation 14:9 "And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10 "The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11 "And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever. and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name."
When somebody comes around and wants to put any number on your body or give you a number, especially the number 6-6-6, DO NOT take it. People have heard so much about the "mark of the beast" that they think it's a joke that will never happen. Well, a few decades ago in Germany, every Jew was required to wear a six pointed star. It would be just as easy for the government to require every citizen to take a number and a mark.
In the book of Revelation a man shows up on this earth called the Antichrist. His number is 666. He comes from Rome. He has connections with Moscow, but he comes from Rome (Revelation 17: 18). This fellow will take over the entire world and become the main political and religious leader. When he does, he will pass legislation and establish a global economic system, designed so that you can't buy, sell, or eat unless you take his mark or the number of his name. Now, it isn't that you won't have enough money. You will be in a store buying your groceries, and when you get in line they will say, "Put your hand in the machine." You put your hand in the machine, and if that mark shows up in your hand, you can take the groceries, and if it doesn't, you can't buy anything no matter how much money you have.
" ... no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name."Revelation 13: 17
Revelation 13:16 "And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 "And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."
It must be a terrible thing to be a mother and hear your little baby cry for milk and be unable to get any milk. It would be a terrible thing to have your baby crying, "Momma, I'm hungry," and the fellow at the store saying, "Lady, all you got to do is get this mark."
They will tell you to conform. They will point out that even the world leaders have the mark. Presidents, kings, queens, prime ministers, governors, mayors, city councilmen, neighbors, friends, and even relatives have the mark. It's only the Bible that says it's wrong.
The baby's sick, and you want medicine: "Do you have the mark?" You pull into a gas station: "You got the mark?" It doesn't matter whether or not they have the gas, it matters if you have the mark .
Don't take a mark, and don't take a number. You will go to Hell if you do. The Bible says so; if you don't believe this booklet, then check it out, read the Bible for yourself.
---- 4. Get fanatical. ----
"...but he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved." Mark 13:13
"Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." Revelation 14:12
Be a religious fanatic. Die as a martyr. Be fanatical after Christ comes, because when Christ catches the Christians off this earth and takes them up, you are going to be up against the devil, with his people trying to control you or kill you.
Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death."
It will take faith in Christ's shed blood, plus works-exactly as in the Old Testament it took faith in shed blood and works. Notice:
Isaiah 1:16 "Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
17 "Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow."
Proverbs 28:13 "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy."
Psalm 51:1 "Have mercy upon me, 0 God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
2 "Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin."
Revelation 14:12 "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
13 "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them."
If somebody calls you in and says, "Raise your hand and swear by God that the Antichrist is King of kings and Lord of lords," then keep your hand down and say, "Jesus Christ is the Lord." Stand up against your friends and against your boss and against the way your parents raised you. It is too late to give up a few hours on Sunday for the Lord. In the Tribulation, you may have to lose your job for the Bible, lose your money for religious convictions, and lose your life for the Lord Jesus Christ.
Most people were indifferent to God, indifferent to the Bible, indifferent to Christ, and indifferent to the Second Coming. The only thing that upset most people was what affected their finances or their egos. But now in the Tribulation, you have to put first things first. Nobody in the Tribulation gets to heaven unless he escapes the Antichrist, or else he faces the Antichrist and refuses to take the mark of the beast or the number and has his head cut off.
Revelation 20:4 " ... I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years."
---- 5. Support the Jewish people.
"And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she [Israel] hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days."Revelation 12:6
When Jesus returns at the Second Coming, all will face "The Judgment of Nations":
Matthew 25:31 "When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 "And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:"
The test for a Gentile is how he treated Jesus' brethren: the Jews. Remember Hitler? Well, the Antichrist will be ten times worse. At first, he will negotiate a peace treaty with the nation of Israel (Isaiah 28:15), but three and a half years later he will break the covenant and try to destroy them (Daniel 9:27; Mark 13:13-25; Matthew 24:4-51). But whatever you do, don't assist the Holocaust, because the Lord will judge anyone who stops the Jews from escaping:
Obadiah 14 "Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.
15 "For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head."
Always help the Jewish people. Go against the government, go against established religion, be willing even to sacrifice yourself and your family to save the lives of Jews, because they are God's people, and He gave them His blessing. He said to their father Abraham:
Genesis 12:3 "And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."
Later, God said to the nation of Israel:
Isaiah 41:11 "Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish."
So no matter how much pressure you are put under, never hurt a Jew. Your own soul depends upon it.
What you should have done was to get saved BEFORE the Rapture. However, the vast majority of people on this earth missed out on the Rapture. This is because there has never been a time in history when the majority were right about spiritual things. Jesus Christ was the one who said, "BROAD is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and MANY there be which go in thereat" (Matthew 7:13). The same Saviour said, "The love of MANY shall wax cold ... MANY shall be offended ... MANY false prophets shall rise" (Matthew 24:10-12). The world does not care to believe these warnings, exactly as it rejected the warnings in Noah's day of the coming Deluge which was to destroy all of the civilizations of that time. For more than 120 years before the Flood, men were warned about the approaching catastrophe. It came. Christ said, "AS IT W AS IN THE DAYS OF NOE, so shall it be also in the days of THE SON OF MAN" (Luke 17:26).
“For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no nor ever shall be.” Matthew 24:21
“… and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood…” Revelation 8:7
If you were in the company of a saved person when the Rapture took place, you have no doubt about the catastrophe, for you found yourself standing next to a heap of clothing soaked in blood (1 Corinthians 15:50). The terrible and tragic truth is apparent that the believers have gone, and you are left behind. The prophetic word says that you are now in "the time of Jacob's [Israel's] trouble" (Jeremiah 30:7), which Christ called "great tribulation" (Matthew 24:21). This period of time will be approximately SEVEN years long and has been referred to by Biblical scholars as "Daniel's Seventieth Week" (Daniel 9). If the Rapture has preceded your reading of this booklet, then you are NOW in this period. This period will be unparalleled in trouble and horror. Jesus Christ said:
Matthew 24:21 "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. "
Now what must you do? You have to do all the things explained above, and you must do them quickly and thoroughly if you ever hope to obtain eternal salvation and be accepted by God. If you want to know whether or not these instructions are absolute truth or only someone's opinion, get a Bible as quickly as you can and read Matthew 24 and 25, Hebrews 6 and 10, and Revelation 13 and 19.
Start now. The salvation of your soul depends upon it. Act now and determine that, come what may, you will not take "the mark of the beast." You still have a chance to be saved, but this time you will have to be "faithful unto death."
You may have anywhere from a month to seven years until the Second Coming, depending upon when you read these lines. But the Great Tribulation will end, and it will end with "the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ" (Titus 2: 13). May God find you ready in that hour.
WARNING: Almost all of the past Christian literature about the way of salvation is now obsolete. Beware that you are not deceived:
Matthew 24:11 "And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many."
if the Rapture has not taken place as yet, don’t procrastinate: tomorrow may really be too late.
2 Corinthians 6:2 “…behold, now is the accepted time; be hold, now is the day of salvation.”
If this sounds like foolishness to you, consider this verse:
1 Corinthians 2:14 “But the natural [unsaved] man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for thet are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
MILLIONS DISAPPEAR! FACT OR FICTION?
Matthew 24:36 "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
37 "But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 "For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 "And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 "Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 "Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 "Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 "But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 "Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh."
Some day soon, the Lord Jesus Christ is going to return and take all the born-again Christians to heaven. These instructions are written to the people who are left behind, to tell them what to do after they have missed the Rapture. We are warning you about this now, because we won't be around then. All of these instructions are found in the Holy Bible, which is the first thing you're going to need to find out what is going on.
----1. Don't get excited. ----
If you never worried about the Rapture before it happened, then it is absolutely useless to worry about it after it's already over. If you had wanted to get right with God before the Rapture, you could have, but you chose to wait. Now your only chance is to stay on the earth and to endure to the end of the Tribulation. Matthew 24: 13 says, "But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." It is useless for you to bang your head on the wall and scream and holler.
The Christians are gone-they are all gone. If you had a little baby, the little baby is gone. "Sin is not imputed when there is no law" (Romans 5: 13). Sin is not charged while the child is still innocent, so you don't have to worry about the baby. The baby is with Jesus.
---- 2. Start working your way to heaven. ----
If the Lord comes and you remain behind, then start working like a madman to get to heaven, because you're going to have to. You have entered a period of time called "The Great Tribulation," and the plan of salvation in the Tribulation is faith in Jesus Christ plus your own good works.
Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death."
Revelation 6:9 " ... I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:"
Revelation 14:12 "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."
Revelation 22:14 "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city."
Revelation 7:14 " ... These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."
You must keep the Ten Commandments (all of them, Ecclesiastes 12:13), keep the Golden Rule (l John 3:10), give your money to the poor, get baptized, take up your cross, hold out to the end of the Tribulation, wait for Jesus Christ to show up at the Battle of Armageddon, and be prepared to die for what you believe. In the Tribulation, you cannot be saved by grace alone like you could before the Rapture.
Before the Rapture, you could have been saved by grace through faith plus nothing (Ephesians 2:8-9), but one minute after the Rapture took place you must get out the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule and start learning them, because you're going to be judged by them (Matthew 25:31-46). The way to get to heaven in the Tribulation is to earn it: do right by God, and do right by your fellow man as well.
Isaiah 1:16 "Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
17 "Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow."
----3. Don't take any mark or any number.----
The Bible says whoever takes the mark of the beast goes to Hell.
Revelation 14:9 "And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10 "The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11 "And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever. and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name."
When somebody comes around and wants to put any number on your body or give you a number, especially the number 6-6-6, DO NOT take it. People have heard so much about the "mark of the beast" that they think it's a joke that will never happen. Well, a few decades ago in Germany, every Jew was required to wear a six pointed star. It would be just as easy for the government to require every citizen to take a number and a mark.
In the book of Revelation a man shows up on this earth called the Antichrist. His number is 666. He comes from Rome. He has connections with Moscow, but he comes from Rome (Revelation 17: 18). This fellow will take over the entire world and become the main political and religious leader. When he does, he will pass legislation and establish a global economic system, designed so that you can't buy, sell, or eat unless you take his mark or the number of his name. Now, it isn't that you won't have enough money. You will be in a store buying your groceries, and when you get in line they will say, "Put your hand in the machine." You put your hand in the machine, and if that mark shows up in your hand, you can take the groceries, and if it doesn't, you can't buy anything no matter how much money you have.
" ... no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name."Revelation 13: 17
Revelation 13:16 "And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 "And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."
It must be a terrible thing to be a mother and hear your little baby cry for milk and be unable to get any milk. It would be a terrible thing to have your baby crying, "Momma, I'm hungry," and the fellow at the store saying, "Lady, all you got to do is get this mark."
They will tell you to conform. They will point out that even the world leaders have the mark. Presidents, kings, queens, prime ministers, governors, mayors, city councilmen, neighbors, friends, and even relatives have the mark. It's only the Bible that says it's wrong.
The baby's sick, and you want medicine: "Do you have the mark?" You pull into a gas station: "You got the mark?" It doesn't matter whether or not they have the gas, it matters if you have the mark .
Don't take a mark, and don't take a number. You will go to Hell if you do. The Bible says so; if you don't believe this booklet, then check it out, read the Bible for yourself.
---- 4. Get fanatical. ----
"...but he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved." Mark 13:13
"Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." Revelation 14:12
Be a religious fanatic. Die as a martyr. Be fanatical after Christ comes, because when Christ catches the Christians off this earth and takes them up, you are going to be up against the devil, with his people trying to control you or kill you.
Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death."
It will take faith in Christ's shed blood, plus works-exactly as in the Old Testament it took faith in shed blood and works. Notice:
Isaiah 1:16 "Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
17 "Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow."
Proverbs 28:13 "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy."
Psalm 51:1 "Have mercy upon me, 0 God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
2 "Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin."
Revelation 14:12 "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
13 "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them."
If somebody calls you in and says, "Raise your hand and swear by God that the Antichrist is King of kings and Lord of lords," then keep your hand down and say, "Jesus Christ is the Lord." Stand up against your friends and against your boss and against the way your parents raised you. It is too late to give up a few hours on Sunday for the Lord. In the Tribulation, you may have to lose your job for the Bible, lose your money for religious convictions, and lose your life for the Lord Jesus Christ.
Most people were indifferent to God, indifferent to the Bible, indifferent to Christ, and indifferent to the Second Coming. The only thing that upset most people was what affected their finances or their egos. But now in the Tribulation, you have to put first things first. Nobody in the Tribulation gets to heaven unless he escapes the Antichrist, or else he faces the Antichrist and refuses to take the mark of the beast or the number and has his head cut off.
Revelation 20:4 " ... I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years."
---- 5. Support the Jewish people.
"And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she [Israel] hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days."Revelation 12:6
When Jesus returns at the Second Coming, all will face "The Judgment of Nations":
Matthew 25:31 "When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 "And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:"
The test for a Gentile is how he treated Jesus' brethren: the Jews. Remember Hitler? Well, the Antichrist will be ten times worse. At first, he will negotiate a peace treaty with the nation of Israel (Isaiah 28:15), but three and a half years later he will break the covenant and try to destroy them (Daniel 9:27; Mark 13:13-25; Matthew 24:4-51). But whatever you do, don't assist the Holocaust, because the Lord will judge anyone who stops the Jews from escaping:
Obadiah 14 "Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.
15 "For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head."
Always help the Jewish people. Go against the government, go against established religion, be willing even to sacrifice yourself and your family to save the lives of Jews, because they are God's people, and He gave them His blessing. He said to their father Abraham:
Genesis 12:3 "And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."
Later, God said to the nation of Israel:
Isaiah 41:11 "Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish."
So no matter how much pressure you are put under, never hurt a Jew. Your own soul depends upon it.
What you should have done was to get saved BEFORE the Rapture. However, the vast majority of people on this earth missed out on the Rapture. This is because there has never been a time in history when the majority were right about spiritual things. Jesus Christ was the one who said, "BROAD is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and MANY there be which go in thereat" (Matthew 7:13). The same Saviour said, "The love of MANY shall wax cold ... MANY shall be offended ... MANY false prophets shall rise" (Matthew 24:10-12). The world does not care to believe these warnings, exactly as it rejected the warnings in Noah's day of the coming Deluge which was to destroy all of the civilizations of that time. For more than 120 years before the Flood, men were warned about the approaching catastrophe. It came. Christ said, "AS IT W AS IN THE DAYS OF NOE, so shall it be also in the days of THE SON OF MAN" (Luke 17:26).
“For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no nor ever shall be.” Matthew 24:21
“… and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood…” Revelation 8:7
If you were in the company of a saved person when the Rapture took place, you have no doubt about the catastrophe, for you found yourself standing next to a heap of clothing soaked in blood (1 Corinthians 15:50). The terrible and tragic truth is apparent that the believers have gone, and you are left behind. The prophetic word says that you are now in "the time of Jacob's [Israel's] trouble" (Jeremiah 30:7), which Christ called "great tribulation" (Matthew 24:21). This period of time will be approximately SEVEN years long and has been referred to by Biblical scholars as "Daniel's Seventieth Week" (Daniel 9). If the Rapture has preceded your reading of this booklet, then you are NOW in this period. This period will be unparalleled in trouble and horror. Jesus Christ said:
Matthew 24:21 "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. "
Now what must you do? You have to do all the things explained above, and you must do them quickly and thoroughly if you ever hope to obtain eternal salvation and be accepted by God. If you want to know whether or not these instructions are absolute truth or only someone's opinion, get a Bible as quickly as you can and read Matthew 24 and 25, Hebrews 6 and 10, and Revelation 13 and 19.
Start now. The salvation of your soul depends upon it. Act now and determine that, come what may, you will not take "the mark of the beast." You still have a chance to be saved, but this time you will have to be "faithful unto death."
You may have anywhere from a month to seven years until the Second Coming, depending upon when you read these lines. But the Great Tribulation will end, and it will end with "the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ" (Titus 2: 13). May God find you ready in that hour.
WARNING: Almost all of the past Christian literature about the way of salvation is now obsolete. Beware that you are not deceived:
Matthew 24:11 "And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many."
if the Rapture has not taken place as yet, don’t procrastinate: tomorrow may really be too late.
2 Corinthians 6:2 “…behold, now is the accepted time; be hold, now is the day of salvation.”
If this sounds like foolishness to you, consider this verse:
1 Corinthians 2:14 “But the natural [unsaved] man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for thet are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
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Saturday, April 9, 2016
Healthy Minute- Apple Cider Vinegar
I took piano lessons growing up. My last piano teacher was an elderly 90 year old woman named Mrs. McMullen. She was quite an amazing lady who still played the piano in our church.
One day while we were over there for lessons, her arm was held in a sling. If you peeked inside the sling, you saw this swollen purple and blue mass where her arm should be. My mother asked her why she didn't use one of her all natural recipes, like her apple cider vinegar water. She told us later that it made all the difference in the world!
Apple cider vinegar is an amazing thing! It's made from long fermentation of apple cider, past the point of wine or alcohol, into a pungent vinegar. If you get the good kind, there will be some thick sediment in the bottom of the jar- some people call that sediment "the mother".
Apple cider vinegar (ACV) has a host of health benefits internally and externally! Taken internally it can help ease arthritis symptoms by dissolving the built up crystals between the joints, it can help with digestive troubles and ease heartburn, it helps to lower cholesterol, aids in weight loss, and can even clear stuffed sinuses. And, that's just the beginning.
You can steam your face with a bit of it and water to help clear up acne, or rub it undiluted on a sunburn to ease the pain (follow with a good all-natural moisturizer). It can be used diluted as a toner after washing your face. It's even said to help fade bruises.
Personally, I use it as a steam to clear my sinuses and my acne. I use it almost daily diluted in half with water as a facial toner after I wash my face, but before I use moisturizer. And I drink it for it's health benefits, using Mrs. McMullen's recipe: 1/4 cup ACV vinegar, 1/3 cup raw honey, 1 gallon filtered water.
For more information, watch the video below:
One day while we were over there for lessons, her arm was held in a sling. If you peeked inside the sling, you saw this swollen purple and blue mass where her arm should be. My mother asked her why she didn't use one of her all natural recipes, like her apple cider vinegar water. She told us later that it made all the difference in the world!
Apple cider vinegar is an amazing thing! It's made from long fermentation of apple cider, past the point of wine or alcohol, into a pungent vinegar. If you get the good kind, there will be some thick sediment in the bottom of the jar- some people call that sediment "the mother".
Apple cider vinegar (ACV) has a host of health benefits internally and externally! Taken internally it can help ease arthritis symptoms by dissolving the built up crystals between the joints, it can help with digestive troubles and ease heartburn, it helps to lower cholesterol, aids in weight loss, and can even clear stuffed sinuses. And, that's just the beginning.
You can steam your face with a bit of it and water to help clear up acne, or rub it undiluted on a sunburn to ease the pain (follow with a good all-natural moisturizer). It can be used diluted as a toner after washing your face. It's even said to help fade bruises.
Personally, I use it as a steam to clear my sinuses and my acne. I use it almost daily diluted in half with water as a facial toner after I wash my face, but before I use moisturizer. And I drink it for it's health benefits, using Mrs. McMullen's recipe: 1/4 cup ACV vinegar, 1/3 cup raw honey, 1 gallon filtered water.
For more information, watch the video below:
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