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April 10, 2021 • 02:00 0

Easter: An Afterthought

When it was discovered (early MONDAY morning) that the day the world celebrates as EASTER had come and gone without comment in these parts, it was decided to write something in the same manner as that day is ACTUALLY celebrated by most “Christians.”

As an afterthought.

Now, a number of reader will, no doubt, vehemently disagree.

“Easter is the time of year I look forward to the most!”

“JESUS is the reason for this season, too!”

I’ve been celebrating Easter since I was a little girl and I’ll keep celebrating it until I’m dead and gone!”

Which all SOUNDS very good.

UNTIL one takes a little closer look at all of those EASTER CELEBRATIONS.

While some may insist it’s all about Jesus, the question has to be asked, “Why do you celebrate Jesus on a day named for a pagan goddess?”

Why do only English speakers celebrate “Easter”? Most other peoples of the world call the holiday observed by Christians this Sunday by some variant of the word “Pascha.”
[…]

So how is it that one of the two major Christian holidays was named by Anglo Saxons after a pagan deity? And how is it that this name was not only tolerated, but eventually became its normative moniker throughout the English-speaking world?
—The pagan goddess behind the holiday of ‘Easter’

And not only the NAME of the celebration, but the many TRADITIONS which are also celebrated on that day.

It’s a good bet that MORE know the details of the pagan fertility traditions (rabbits, eggs, sweets, etc.) associated with Easter than know that Jesus was NOT crucified on Good Friday.

And so, REGARDLESS of what many may insist, it is the events and celebrations which ACTUALLY take place (the great majority of which are clearly pagan in nature) which mark the TRUE nature of the time we call “Easter.“

And all of that is a LARGE part of why we only mention Easter as an afterthought.

WHAT first comes to mind when the reader hears “Easter”?

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

MORE: Eternal Salvation Through Jesus Christ: Salvation Messages from End Times Prophecy Report

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: April 6, 2021.]

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January 2, 2021 • 09:00 0

2021

A very popular question this time of year seems to be, “What do you think the New Year will bring?”

(OR, something similar along those lines.)

NOW (as we wrote several years ago), the first thing the reader should remember–should he find himself being asked the same question (or one very much like it): practically EVERYONE who makes such a request is NOT all that interested in your reply.

What they are doing is a social matter: they are just greeting you using something nearly everyone understands.

This is like the person who asks “How are you?”

They REALLY do not want much detail in your answer. Offering a “Fine–and how are you?” is very much the desired reply. THEN, the conversation can move on to more important things.

SO, when someone asks about 2021, it would be wise to remember that SHORT AND SWEET is the proper answer.

Something like, “Pretty much more of the same, I figure. What do you think?” has become the standard, accepted reply of this writer.

THEN (after the other person makes what he will of your reply), the conversation can move on.

“What do you think the New Year will bring?”

HOWEVER, there are a select few people who DO want to know what you think about 2021.

(This article is for those select few who really want to know and who didn’t get a chance to ask in person.)

1- The Bible gives NO specific advice on the new year, one way or the other.

2- Satan’s Mouthpiece (the Corporate Media) wants folks to think 2020 was BAD.

In fact, it wants folks to think 2020 was VERY bad.

The unspoken point the media is trying to make is that 2020 is VERY bad and is an aberration; that 2021 will be SOOOOOOO much better (especially for America!)–just you wait and see! 2021 has also been associated with that ever-elusive will ‘o the wisp: a return to NORMAL.

3- One man’s considered guess is that 2021 will be more of the same as 2020.

2020 usheredin the beginning of RULES UNLIMITED because of the “coronavirus/COVID-19.”

Line up.

Wash your hands–repeatedly.

Wear your mask.

Practice social distancing while in your line.

Go get your shot (more than once, it seems).

Show us your papers.

Stay home.

Do not gather together with family and friends.

Superspreader!

…and so on and on and on…

2021 appears to be more of the same–and MUCH MORE!

4- The continued decline of the US economy looks to continue.

More business closing. More that stay open moving elsewhere. Restrictions announced because the business has to “cope with COVID-19.”

5- The continued push to buy one’s neccessary items ONLINE.

Businesses not only have less items on hand to sell, they announce on their websites “This item NOT available in store (or for pick-up).”

6-2021 looks to continue the massive shift from buying a product in person to being approved to buy a product and then (hopefully!) the customer will receive what he wanted?!?!

This shift to buying and selling ONLINE brings several more layers of control over who gets to buy a product. At every step, the buyer has to be approved before he is granted the opportunity to pay for something and then wait for it to arrive.

Have enough money in your account?

That’s only the beginning of mass approval processes which ENSURE that only the most acceptable will be able to buy a product.

7- For the few who pay attention to what God’s Word warns of the end times, 2021 will likely move humanity further down the unsettling road to a world in which they did NOT grow up.

“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: 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. 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.”
–Revelation 13:16-18

“And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”
–Revelation 13:7-8

“And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse [Jesus], and against his army.”
–Revelation 16:16;19:19

FINALLY, it is the SINCERE hope that all who read this will turn to Jesus Christ, repent (change their minds about sin) and join forces with the kingdom of heaven in 2021. The reader should NOT listen to TV preachers, false prophets, the local branch of the churches or ANY other person but what God’s Word declares.

2021 would then be a VERY GOOD YEAR.

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

MORE: Eternal Salvation Through Jesus Christ: Salvation Messages from End Times Prophecy Report

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: January 1-3 2021.]

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Filed under: Holidays, observations, 2021

January 2, 2021 • 07:30 0

One Last Thought On Christmas 2020

Christmas 2020 was last week and, over the weekend, someone provided a VERY pertinent thought on Christmas.

With all of the talk of how Christmas is nothing more than a warmed-over pagan festival with some Christian airbrushing applied, a person who is NOT a Christian made a very interesting remark.

“Christmas is probably not the the birthday of Jesus. However, Christmas IS the day we CELEBRATE the birth of Jesus.”

And that is a very appropriate answer to all of those who relentlessly promote the idea that Christmas is nothing more than a pagan celebration.

Something to keep in mind.

DOES the reader ever think much about Christmas beyond the gift-giving and preparations?

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

MORE: Eternal Salvation Through Jesus Christ: Salvation Messages from End Times Prophecy Report

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: December 28, 2020.]

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December 27, 2020 • 07:30 0

Christmas 2020: Seven Observations

“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.”
–Matthew 1:21

A few thoughts on Christmas, Christmas 2020, as well as this and that in the hours leading up to Christmas 2020.

1- This worldly holiday we call “Christmas” has been built on a SOLID foundation of paganism. One is reminded of just how much the Christmas we celebrate owes to pagans while scanning photos, trying to find one which was appropriate for a piece titled “Christmas 2020.” There were photos GALORE of Christmas trees (a pagan tradition), Yule logs (another pagan tradition), wrapped gifts under a Christmas tree (ANOTHER pagan tradition) and/or folks singing Christmas carols (yet another pagan tradition.

2- After DECADES of playing coy, the media has finally (the past few years) joyfully begun to write about the many pagan traditions Americans observe at Christmas. Satan’s Mouthpiece (the Corporate Media) certainly wants Americans to KNOW the Christmas traditions they have come to know and love are PAGAN IN ORIGIN.

Most of the Christmas traditions celebrated around this time of year may be pagan in nature, but that doesn’t mean that NEW TRADITIONS can’t be established.

The latest “new traditions“?

Limiting one’s gift giving to a specific number of gifts seems to be something HIGHLY promoted by the media over the past several years.

3- It is supposed that the BIGGEST single difference between Christmas 2020 and previous Christmases is the coronavirus–and all of the various changes brought about in the name of “keeping everyone safe.”

From trying to belt out a hearty “Ho ho ho” through a required mask to observing social distancing in the checkout lines, the virus has certainly left its mark on Christmas 2020.

4- Americans may be currently indoctrinated on how their lives are falling apart, but Americans are STILL very well off economically, compared to the rest of the world.

One way the reader can know this is true is by HOW MANY folks are proclaimed to be “hard to buy for” (finding them a gift). The reason most often given for such difficulty?

“What do you get a person who has EVERYTHING?”

“They don’t need ANYTHING!”

“They told me they appreciate ANYTHING; they can’t think of something they really want.”

5- Because the Christmas season involves SO MUCH gift giving (and planning for such a massive undertaking), so many approach such a season with, what could be called, a “battle plan.”

Because of such a circumstance, the primary emotion felt on Christmas Day is not JOY or EXCITEMENT.

It is RELIEF: relief that everyone on one’s gift list received their appointed present; relief that the entire holiday is over for another year.

6- The time most people seem to take for a little relaxation (and the quiet contemplation which comes from being able to afford such a time) is Christmas Eve.

The night before Christmas–the calm before the storm, so to speak, of Christmas Day–appears to be a time when many folks reflect on the past year, on their many blessings (though, increasingly, folks do not think of their blessings as “blessings“) or on the luxury of having time to reflect on ANYTHING.

Some folks maintain that Christmas 2020 will be remembered because of the many coronavirus changes.

Other folks claim that Christmas 2020 will be remembered because it was the FIRST to feature coronavirus.

And a very few believe that coronavirus could be only the beginning of much worse things yet to come.

MUCH could be written about the coronavirus and its resulting effects on the USA. MUCH has already been written, most of it by Satan’s Mouthpiece.

So, since this is Christmas, we will leave it at that.

7- ALL THAT being said, as has been pointed out before, Christmas–for all of it pagan trappings–is STILL the only day of the year when the world gives Jesus a little lip service.

At least then, for those few moments, folks may have concentrated on Jesus Christ and the claimed season which supposedly honored the Son of God.

Even though Christmas was supposedly a time of focusing on Jesus Christ, it became anything but that.

BUT AT LEAST it was a day that the world PRETENDED to focus on Jesus Christ.

However, for a few moments each season–which ran about six-eight weeks–the odd person MAY have put aside the pagan celebrations and quietly reflected on Jesus Christ.

Maybe.
—Christmas: A Pagan Holiday…BUT

WHAT does the reader think about when he hears the word “Christmas“?

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

MORE: Eternal Salvation Through Jesus Christ: Salvation Messages from End Times Prophecy Report

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: December 25-27, 2020.]

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by Jeremiah Jameson
–with Mondo Frazier

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Filed under: Biblical Teachings, Holidays, observations, Christmas 2020: seven observations

December 27, 2020 • 06:00 0

CHRISTMAS 2020: The Spirit of Christmas and the Spirit of Jesus Are Two Completely Different Things

About this time of year, one can hear a lot of chatter from well-meaning–but hopelessly lost and bewildered–folks.

There are TWO phrases which seem to be repeated when one is stuck for something to say if the conversation lags.

ONE of these is “Well, you know, Jesus IS the reason for the season!”

The OTHER is the one which will be addressed in these pages: some comment having to do with “…your ‘Christmas spirit’”

“Where’s your Christmas spirit?”

“You need some Christmas spirit!”

“A little Christmas spirit will take care of that!”

Anyone uttering these phrases–or ANY which refer to the ‘Christmas spirit’–has NOT put much thought into the acclaimed ‘Christmas spirit.’

There most certainly IS a spirit of Christmas: it is a spirit of deception.

Americans revere (worship, hold sacred) many things which are dark and dreary, but which have been taught are light and cheery and innocent.

Some of those dark and dreary things they hold dear pertain to the customs, practices and rituals of that Season of Greed we call Christmas.
—The Spirit of Christmas is the Spirit of Deception

Christmas and Jesus Christ as two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT things altogether.

This can be demonstrated in a number of ways.

We will examine just a few.

1- Jesus said,

“So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.”
–Luke 14:33

Jesus taught that the things of the world will set a snare to entangle all who are not wary.

Someone who exhibits ‘Christmas spirit’ is likely one who has put considerable time into figuring out exactly what trinket, bauble or doo-dad a person would like to receive as a gift.

And trinkets, baubles and doo-dads–as well as more costly items–are things of the world.

“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”
–1JOHN 2:15-16

The upshot is that you have an ENTIRE SEASON (a portion of the year) devoted to the very things which the person on which that season is supposedly focused, WARNED MAN REPEATEDLY.

2- God’s Word declares–and Jesus is God–that a child will end up being as he has been taught.

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
–Proverbs 22:6

A great many children have been raised in the Christmas-is-a-time-of-gifts school of thought: this is covetousness ( “eager or excessive desire, especially for wealth or possessions“).

The reader undoubtedly knows some children who cannot contain the spirit of covetousness they have been taught: the parents of these children allow the children to open a present each day for several days before Christmas.

The spirit of Christmas is all about gifts, coveting those gifts (‘Make out a list.’) and the thrill of possessing something one has expressed a desire for.

The spirit of Jesus was diametrically opposed to this.

“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon [wealth]. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?”
–Matthew 6:24-25

The spirit of Christmas is all about–regardless of what many people might claim–ACQUIRING stuff.

3- Jesus was all about honoring His Father, working for the kingdom of heaven and serving others.

“Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.”
–Luke 12:37

The spirit of Christmas?

Not so much.

All the reader has to do to verify this is to think of how many she knows who wait on others and praise God before men BECAUSE it is the Christmas season.

IF one has the ‘Christmas spirit,’ then one probably is doing the very things the Bible frowns upon.

To warn against this deception is to be labeled a “killjoy.”

Ho ho ho.

MORE: The Spirit of Christmas is the Spirit of Deception

DOES the reader usually attempt to get into “the Christmas spirit”?

DOES the reader ever put any thought into what it actually means to acquire the “Christmas spirit”?

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

MORE: Eternal Salvation Through Jesus Christ: Salvation Messages from End Times Prophecy Report

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: December 23, 2020.]

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by Jeremiah Jameson
–with Mondo Frazier

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Filed under: Biblical Teachings, End Time Deception, END TIMES PREPARATION, Holidays, Christmas 2020: The spirit of Christmas and the Spirit of Jesus are two completely different things

December 26, 2020 • 06:00 0

Winter Solstice 2020

“Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.”

The winter solstice occurred this past week and the usual pagan promotions were prominently front and center.

The media has been FULL of various stories concerning the winter solstice: the shortest day of the year; the first day of winter; blah blah blah.

The solstice is also a pagan holiday (HOLY DAY) when the fact the days will now grow longer is one of the items celebrated worldwide.

Since it is a day–STILL!–when men turn their eyes to the sky and celebrate the creature (creation), rather than He who created it, it is fitting that this thumbing of the nose at God occur on the SHORTEST DAY of the year.

Men are deceived, but men are ALSO confused. Men are confused about what a proper object of worship should be: Almighty God or the sun, the moon, the seasonal changes or some other trifle created by the LORD.

This confusion persists until today’s time and has grown WORSE, if that be possible.

In the times in which we live, Satan’s Mouthpiece (the Corporate Media) will continue its breathless coverage of the days designated by non-believers as holy.

It is part of what they do.

The reader is urged–every time he hears a story about the solstices (winter or summer) OR Halloween OR any other pagan day marked for celebration–to remember the God who created all and who waits patiently for events to unfold in the end times which will mark the climax of human history (the return of Jesus Christ).

Lest the reader advertise his confusion: do NOT be in awe, worship, deeply contemplate, or otherwise revere that which has been created.

One should save one’s veneration for the Creator, NOT the creation.

DOES the reader enjoy reading about the Winter Solstice?

HAS the reader attended one of the many Winter Carnivals or similar celebrations?

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

MORE: Eternal Salvation Through Jesus Christ: Salvation Messages from End Times Prophecy Report

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: December 23, 2020.]

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by Jeremiah Jameson
–with Mondo Frazier

image: Image by gdizerega from Pixabay.com

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Filed under: End Time Deception, END TIMES PREPARATION, Holidays, winter solstice 2020

November 29, 2020 • 07:30 0

The REAL Story of Modern Thanksgiving Day

“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
1THESSALONIANS 5:18

One day a year, Americans gather together with friends, family or business associates–supposedly to meet and give thanks for the good things and abundance which have overtaken them during the REST of the year.

But like so many celebrations, Thanksgiving Day became known for so many OTHER things.

* Well-known parades put together by various enterprises to promote this or that

* Football games.

* Getting a head start on Christmas season shopping.

* Extended family gatherings involving travel, both from near and far.

* And, that most famous of Thanksgiving traditions: a BIG meal, featuring a number of dishes which have come to be associated with a national day of giving thanks.

Any actual giving of thanks?

That appears to be restricted to a few sanctioned events: the minute or so it required to say “grace” before the eating of the traditional Thanksgiving meal OR whenever the “story of Thanksgiving” is told.

And so, a holiday which supposedly was dedicated to the giving of thanks has become a holiday known for so many OTHER activities.

“I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.”
–Psalm 116:17

IF the truth be told, EVERY day should be a day of giving thanks–two or three or MORE times a day.

“Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.”
–Daniel 6:10

Each person has MUCH to be thankful for.

EVEN the least of men and those of modest circumstance.

The REAL story of Thanksgiving Day in the USA was that there was ONE day set aside for men to give thanks.

Actually, EVERY day should be a day of giving thanks for the many benefits bestowed upon each man by his Creator.

The REAL story of Thanksgiving Day in the USA was that a day supposedly DEDICATED to the giving of thanks became a day devoted to so many OTHER things.

The REAL story of modern Thanksgiving Day in the USA has only been highlighted FOR SOME when a holiday dedicated to greed, selfishness and covetousness named Black Friday began on Thanksgiving Day.

Even those only partially paying attention could see that Black Friday was a vile, dog-eat-dog day: news organizations only too happy to promote fistfights over $70 TV sets and Buy-one-get-one-free-while-they-last toaster ovens.

BUT, such stories DO change occasionally.

Each reader COULD alter his or her daily routine to include a time–even a few moments–set aside for giving thanks.

Each reader COULD choose to focus on giving thanks during Thanksgiving Day–instead of the various traditional distractions.

Each reader COULD choose to spend a few moments time focusing on his many reasons to give thanks.

Each reader could CHANGE his individual story of thanksgiving.

How many will do so?

“And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.”
1TIMOTHY 1:12-13

IS the reader thankful for his MANY blessings?

OR, is the reader concerned about the many things of this world which he DOESN’T possess?

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

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[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: November 27-29, 2020.]

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