Seven chapters of judgment and prophecy

            The way the country America has turned away from God is grieving my spirit a lot and makes me wonder if severe judgment is coming to this country. Indeed many think that Babylon is the US- the mystery Babylon in the book of Revelation. I am sharing various chapters from the bible to show this point. I am also adding some information on the coming rapture so you can be ready for this and what is coming

First up is the chapter where Ezekiel sees some with the destroying weapons and others with a marker to mark those who sigh and cry over the evils in one’s own country. The way these people feel who are mourning about the evil of Jerusalem is also often how I also feel about this country and how it has rejected God anywhere it can. I know I also have the joy of the Lord in me however. This is Ezekiel chapter 9.

(Eze 9:1)  He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.

(Eze 9:2)  And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.

(Eze 9:3)  And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;

(Eze 9:4)  And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

(Eze 9:5)  And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:

(Eze 9:6)  Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

(Eze 9:7)  And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

(Eze 9:8)  And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?

(Eze 9:9)  Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.

(Eze 9:10)  And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.

(Eze 9:11)  And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.

Now here is Isaiah chapter 5 which while written many years ago to warn Israel and Judah the warnings apply today, too for many of the things I see today described especially in the US where I live:

(Isaiah 5:1)  Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

(Isaiah 5:2)  And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

(Isaiah 5:3)  And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

(Isaiah 5:4)  What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

(Isaiah 5:5)  And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

(Isaiah 5:6)  And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

(Isaiah 5:7)  For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

(Isaiah 5:8)  Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

(Isaiah 5:9)  In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

(Isaiah 5:10)  Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.

(Isaiah 5:11)  Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

(Isaiah 5:12)  And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

(Isaiah 5:13)  Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

(Isaiah 5:14)  Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

(Isaiah 5:15)  And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

(Isaiah 5:16)  But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

(Isaiah 5:17)  Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

(Isaiah 5:18)  Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

(Isaiah 5:19)  That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

(Isaiah 5:20)  Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

(Isaiah 5:21)  Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

(Isaiah 5:22)  Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

(Isaiah 5:23)  Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

(Isaiah 5:24)  Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

(Isaiah 5:25)  Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

(Isaiah 5:26)  And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

(Isaiah 5:27)  None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

(Isaiah 5:28)  Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

(Isaiah 5:29)  Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

(Isaiah 5:30)  And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

These conditions and warnings but also advice of what good to do and not do are also included in Hosea chapter 4 which is powerful and having warnings aimed to the priests and now pastors for the bible warnings still apply today and some of the things spoken of there may be in today’s churches, sadly.

(Hosea 4:1)  Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

(Hosea 4:2)  By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

(Hosea 4:3)  Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

(Hosea 4:4)  Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

(Hosea 4:5)  Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.

(Hosea 4:6)  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

(Hosea 4:7)  As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.

(Hosea 4:8)  They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

(Hosea 4:9)  And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

(Hosea 4:10)  For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.

(Hosea 4:11)  Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

(Hosea 4:12)  My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

(Hosea 4:13)  They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

(Hosea 4:14)  I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

(Hosea 4:15)  Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.

(Hosea 4:16)  For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

(Hosea 4:17)  Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

(Hosea 4:18)  Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.

(Hosea 4:19)  The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

The first of these 9 chapters is Isaiah 14 which prophecies the sending of it to hell and also speaks of the fall of Lucifer from heaven These chapters also speak of Babylon and its fall and the US could be Babylon

(Isaiah 14:1)  For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

(Isaiah 14:2)  And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

(Isaiah 14:3)  And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,

(Isaiah 14:4)  That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

(Isaiah 14:5)  The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.

(Isaiah 14:6)  He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.

(Isaiah 14:7)  The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.

(Isaiah 14:8)  Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.

(Isaiah 14:9)  Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

(Isaiah 14:10)  All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?

(Isaiah 14:11)  Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

(Isaiah 14:12)  How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

(Isaiah 14:13)  For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

(Isaiah 14:14)  I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

(Isaiah 14:15)  Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

(Isaiah 14:16)  They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

(Isaiah 14:17)  That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

(Isaiah 14:18)  All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

(Isaiah 14:19)  But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.

(Isaiah 14:20)  Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

(Isaiah 14:21)  Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

(Isaiah 14:22)  For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.

(Isaiah 14:23)  I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.

(Isaiah 14:24)  The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

(Isaiah 14:25)  That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

(Isaiah 14:26)  This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

(Isaiah 14:27)  For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

(Isaiah 14:28)  In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

(Isaiah 14:29)  Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

(Isaiah 14:30)  And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.

(Isaiah 14:31)  Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.

(Isaiah 14:32)  What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

Here are the three chapters of Revelation which are concerned with Babylon, since this America by many is prophesied to be the Babylon spoken of in these three chapters of Revelation. I am staying neutral on this but do feel leading toward it, for in many ways Revelation 18 describes the US fairly well:

Revelation chapter 14 deals with the 144,000 singing a new song, the angels bringing various messages including the fall of Babylon and the consequences of taking the mark of the beast which is eternal torment without rest and the chapter is concluded with two harvests or reapings of the earth

(Revelation 14:1)  And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.

(Revelation 14:2)  And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:

(Revelation 14:3)  And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

(Revelation 14:4)  These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

(Revelation 14:5)  And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

(Revelation 14:6)  And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

(Revelation 14:7)  Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

(Revelation 14:8)  And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

(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,

(Revelation 14:10)  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:

(Revelation 14:11)  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.

(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 14:13)  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.

(Revelation 14:14)  And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

(Revelation 14:15)  And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

(Revelation 14:16)  And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

(Revelation 14:17)  And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

(Revelation 14:18)  And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.

(Revelation 14:19)  And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

(Revelation 14:20)  And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

In Revelation chapter 17 mystery Babylon is revealed to John by and is shown as a woman on a beast and the vision is further explained by the angel and also this woman is described as a city at the end of the chapter.

(Revelation 17:1)  And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

(Revelation 17:2)  With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

(Revelation 17:3)  So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

(Revelation 17:4)  And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

(Revelation 17:5)  And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

(Revelation 17:6)  And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

(Revelation 17:7)  And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

(Revelation 17:8)  The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

(Revelation 17:9)  And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

(Revelation 17:10)  And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

(Revelation 17:11)  And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

(Revelation 17:12)  And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

(Revelation 17:13)  These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

(Revelation 17:14)  These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

(Revelation 17:15)  And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

(Revelation 17:16)  And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

(Revelation 17:17)  For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

(Revelation 17:18)  And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

In Revelation the righteous are warned that the judgment is to fall Babylon and to get out so as to not partake of her sins and coming punishment, and then she is destroyed in one hour and all the merchants who traded with her bemoan her sudden fall and her condition, knowing they can no longer trade with her. The devastation of Babylon is also described in the chapter

(Revelation 18:1)  And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

(Revelation 18:2)  And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

(Revelation 18:3)  For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

(Revelation 18:4)  And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

(Revelation 18:5)  For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

(Revelation 18:6)  Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

(Revelation 18:7)  How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

(Revelation 18:8)  Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

(Revelation 18:9)  And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

(Revelation 18:10)  Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

(Revelation 18:11)  And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:

(Revelation 18:12)  The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

(Revelation 18:13)  And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

(Revelation 18:14)  And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.

(Revelation 18:15)  The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,

(Revelation 18:16)  And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!

(Revelation 18:17)  For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,

(Revelation 18:18)  And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!

(Revelation 18:19)  And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

(Revelation 18:20)  Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

(Revelation 18:21)  And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

(Revelation 18:22)  And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;

(Revelation 18:23)  And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

(Revelation 18:24)  And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

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WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?!!


VERY SOON NOW HEADLINES SUCH AS THESE WILL APPEAR IN YOUR DAILY NEWSPAPER. WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT DELETE THIS EMAIL! YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE A WORD IN THIS EMAIL, BUT IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO NOT DELETE THIS EMAIL.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS EMAIL IS TO GIVE YOU INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT TO DO WHEN THESE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES BECOME A REALITY. PROPHETIC
BIBLICAL EVENTS ARE EXPLODING NOW WITH LIGHTNING-LIKE SPEED, AS
GOD PREPARES THE WORLD FOR THE SUDDEN DESTRUCTION AND THE CATACLYSMIC JUDGMENTS IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION. AT THE SAME TIME, GOD IS PREPARING TO REMOVE BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH, IN WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE RAPTURE. MANY OF YOUR CHRISTIAN FRIENDS AND RELATIVES WILL BE SUDDENLY MISSING.

YOU CAN READ ABOUT THIS AWESOME END-TIME EVENT IN THE BIBLE IN 1ST THESSALONIANS 4:16--17, "FOR THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT, WITH THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL, AND WITH THE TRUMP OF GOD: AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST: THEN WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN SHALL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS, TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR: AND SO SHALL WE EVER BE WITH THE LORD."

DESPITE YOUR DOUBT AND UNBELIEF NOW, WHEN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE SUDDENLY DISAPPEAR, AND THE HORRIBLE JUDGMENTS IN THE BOOK OF
REVELATION BEGIN TO UNFOLD BEFORE YOUR EYES, YOU ARE GOING TO NEED THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS EMAIL.

REMEMBER, SOMEONE CARED ENOUGH ABOUT YOU TO SEE THAT YOU RECEIVED THIS EMAIL, BECAUSE THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR ETERNAL DESTINY. EVEN IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO BELIEVE THIS WARNING MESSAGE, THE LEAST YOU CAN DO IS TO SAVE IT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE WHO ARE LEFT BEHIND, HERE ARE SOME SIMPLE BASIC BIBLICAL INSTRUCTIONS ON WHICH YOUR ETERNAL DESTINY MAY BE DETERMINED:

1. GET HOLD OF A BIBLE AND READ THE LAST BOOK, THE BOOK OF REVELATION. ALSO READ MATTHEW 24, LUKE 17 AND 21, MARK 13, AND 1ST AND 2ND THESSALONIANS. THIS WILL GIVE YOU A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAS JUST HAPPENED AND WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. IF YOU ASK GOD TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE READING, HE WILL DO IT.

2. RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ARE NOW IN WHAT THE BIBLE REFERS TO AS THE TRIBULATION PERIOD. MATTHEW 24:21 SAYS, "FOR THEN SHALL BE GREAT TRIBULATION, SUCH AS WAS NOT SINCE THE GEGINNING OF THE WORLD TO THIS TIME, NO, NOR EVER SHALL BE." ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF REVELATION, OVER ONE-HALF OF THE POPULATION OF THE EARTH WILL PERISH DURING THIS HORRIFIC TIME OF UNPARALLELED DISASTERS.

3. A WORLD LEADER WILL EMERGE. THE BIBLE REFERS TO HIM AS THE ANTICHRIST, OR THE BEAST. READ 2ND THESS. 2 AND REVELATION 13, AND DANIEL7--9, SO THAT YOU CAN IDENTIFY HIM FOR WHAT HE REALLY IS. BEWARE, FOR HE IS NOT A MAN OF PEACE, BUT A MAN OF GREAT DECEPTION. MANY CHRISTIANS HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THIS EVIL MAN, AS BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!!!

THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WILL BE DECEIVED DURING THIS TIME,
BUT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE ONE OF THEM. 2ND THESS. SAYS, "AND FOR THIS CAUSE, GOD SHALL SEND THEM STRONG DELUSION THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE A LIE: THAT THEY ALL MIGHT BE ****ED, WHO BELIEVED NOT THE TRUTH, BUT HAD PLEASURE IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS."

4. NEVER TAKE A MARK IN YOUR RIGHT HAND OR FOREHEAD!!!
ACCORDING TO REVELATION 13:16--17, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO BUY OR SELL ANYTHING WITHOUT THIS IDENTIFYING MARK ON YOUR BODY. HOWEVER, REV. 14:9--11 SAYS, "IF ANY MAN WORSHIP THE BEAST AND HIS IMAGE, AND RECEIVE HIS MARK IN HIS FOREHEAD, OR IN HIS HAND, THE SAME SHALL DRINK OF THE WINE OF THE WRATH OF GOD,...AND HE SHALL BE TORMENTED WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE...AND THE SMOKE OF THEIR TORMENT ASCENDED 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."

WHAT AN EXTREMELY FRIGHTENING PICTURE!!! GO WITHOUT FOOD, OR SPEND ETERNITY IN HELL---WHICH WILL YOU CHOOSE??? JUST LIKE YOU REJECTED CHRIST BEFORE, OF YOUR OWN FREE WILL--GOD IS STILL GIVING YOU A FREE CHOICE. WILL YOU FOLLOW JESUS CHRIST OR THE ANTICHRIST???

5. YOU MUST RECOGNIZE THAT TO BECOME A BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN DURING THE TRIBULATION, WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY COST YOU YOUR LIFE!!!
REVELATION 20:4 SAYS, I SAW THE SOULS OF THEM THAT WERE BEHEADED FOR THE WITNESS OF JESUS, AND FOR THE WORD OF GOD, AND WHICH HAS 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."

6. FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS 1 THROUGH 5 WILL STILL NOT GET YOU INTO HEAVEN. THE MOST IMPORTANT INSTRUCTION THAT THE BIBLE GIVES TO HAVE ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN IS THE SAME ONE THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE FOLLOWED BEFORE THE RAPTURE HAPPENED AND THE TRIBULATION BEGAN. THAT IS, TO REPENT OF YOUR SINS AND TO ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOUR.

THIS WORLD IS FULL OF PEOPLE WHO MISTAKENLY BELIEVE THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY TO HEAVEN. THEY ARE GREATLY DECEIVING THEMSELVES, AS THEY WILL SOON FIND OUT WHEN THE RAPTURE TAKES PLACE.

WHO WILL BE LEFT BEHIND???

1. ALL THOSE WHO ARE COUNTING ON THEIR CHURCH MEMBERSHIP, CHURCH ATTENDANCE, CHURCH AFFILIATION, OR RELIGION TO GET THEM TO HEAVEN.

2. ALL THOSE WHO ARE COUNTING ON THEIR BAPTISM TO GET THEM TO HEAVEN. BAPTISM IS AN ACT OF OBEDIENCE AFTER SALVATION.

3. ALL THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT A BELIEF IN GOD, OR FAITH IN GOD, IS ALL THEY NEED. EVEN SATAN AND ALL HIS DEMONS BELIEVE IN GOD.

4. ALL THOSE WHO ARE TRUSTING IN THEIR GOOD WORKS. EPHESIANS
2:8--9 SAYS, "FOR BY GRACE ARE YOU SAVED THROUGH FAITH; AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES: IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD: NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST."

5. ALL THOSE WHO HAVE TRIED TO BECOME A "CHRISTIAN", WITHOUT RECOGNIZING AND REPENTING OF THE SIN IN THEIR LIFE. ROMANS 3:23 SAYS,
"FOR ALL HAVE SINNED", AND ROMANS 6:23 SAYS, "FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH; BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD."

YOU MUST REPENT OF YOUR SIN, WHICH MEANS TO TURN AWAY FROM YOUR SIN AND TO ASK JESUS CHRIST TO COME INTO YOUR HEART AND LIFE AND GIVE YOU POWER OVER THAT SIN. TRUE REPENTENCE MUST TAKE PLACE FOR YOU TO BE SAVED. CONFESSING YOUR SINS, OR FEELING REMORSEFUL FOR YOUR SINS IS NOT ENOUGH.

IF YOU ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE READ THIS EMAIL BEFORE THE RAPTURE HAS TAKEN PLACE, WHY DON'T YOU ASK JESUS TO COME INTO YOUR LIFE NOW. THEN YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT TO DO AFTER THE RAPTURE TAKES PLACE--YOU WILL BE AMONG THOSE WHO HAVE DISAPPEARED YOURSELF!!!

JESUS SAID IN JOHN 14:6, "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE:
NO MAN COMETH UNTO THE FATHER, BUT BY ME. WON'T YOU PUT YOUR COMPLETE HOPE AND TRUST IN JESUS, AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOUR TODAY?

IF YOU ARE AN UNSAVED PERSON, OR A BACKSLIDDEN, WORLDLY, COMPROMISING, OR LUKEWARM CHRISTIAN, WILL YOU SAY THIS PRAYER, AND REALLY MEAN IT IN YOUR HEART:

"DEAR JESUS, I KNOW THAT I AM A SINNER. I REPENT OF MY SINS. I TURN AWAY FROM MY SIN, AND TURN MY LIFE OVER TO YOU, JESUS. I BELIEVE THAT YOU DIED ON THE CROSS FOR MY SINS. I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD, AND THAT YOU PAID THE PENALTY ON THE CROSS FOR MY SINS. I ASK YOU NOW, TO COME INTO MY HEART AND LIFE TO BE MY PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOUR. PREPARE MY HEART FOR YOUR SOON RETURN, SO THAT I CAN ESCAPE THE HORRIBLE JUDGMENTS THAT ARE SOON TO STRIKE THIS PLANET. JESUS, PREPARE MY HEART FOR THE RAPTURE. THANK YOU LORD, FOR SAVING ME. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN."

ARE ALL CHRISTIANS GOING IN THE RAPTURE???

ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE READY???

This seems to be one of the hot topics on 5 Doves recently, so I feel it is time that I forward one of my tracts that I wrote about 12 years ago, with several hundred thousand in circulation. For those of you who believe that ALL Christians will be taken in the Rapture, I hope and pray that you are right. On the other hand, if one believes that way, and feels no need to change his backslidden, lukewarm, compromising, unwatchful, worldly, or fence-straddling ways, WOE BE UNTO HIM, if he suddenly finds the Rapture happened and he was left behind.


Isn't it much safer to get as close to the Lord as we can in these VERY LAST DAYS? Is there any negative in doing that??? It is much safer and wiser to believe that all Christians are NOT going in the Rapture. Not only safer and wiser, but I believe MORE SCRIPTURAL, also. Following is the tract that I wrote:


Are All Christians going in the Rapture? If, at some point in your life, you have asked Jesus Christ into your life to become your personal Lord and Saviour, does this GUARANTEE that you are going in the Rapture? All signs point to the END OF THE AGE VERY SOON, SO THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION YOU COULD ASK YOURSELF IS, "AM I READY FOR THE RAPTURE?"



Before we go any further, let's clarify what the RAPTURE is. I Thessalonians 4:16-17 says, "For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord."



The Rapture is the GREAT ESCAPE from the horrendous Tribulation period that is SOON to come on ALL THE WORLD! It is for a body of born-again believers in Jesus Christ. The question is IS THE RAPTURE FOR ALL CHRISTIANS?



It is probably safe to say that a majority of Chlristians reading this tract would say "YES". We are NOT addressing the issue of salvation, or "once saved, always saved," or "eternal security". For those of you who answered "Yes", CAN YOU FIND EVEN ONE SCRIPTURE THAT GUARANTEES THAT ALL CHRISTIANS ARE GOING IN THE RAPTURE? Scripture points to the fact that all will NOT be making it to the rapture.



Just because you have always believed something, or your Pastor believes it, or your church teaches it, DOES NOT MAKE IT TRUE! IT MUST BE BASED ON THE WORD OF GOD! It is our fervent desire that ALL CHRISTIANS are going in the Rapture. If ALL CHRISTIANS are going in the Rapture, we have lost nothing by drawing closer to the Lord to prepare for His Soon Return. If, on the other hand, we have a false sense of security regarding our readiness for the Rapture, and we ignore the Lord's warnings to GET OUR HEARTS RIGHT WITH HIM BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE, we have a TREMENDOUS amount to lose. Just read the Book of Revelation!



"Lord, your Word is awesome. Lord, your Word is powerful. Lord, your Word is sharper than any two-edged sword. Lord, use the convicting power of the word of the Living God and the convicting power of your mighty Holy Spirit to reveal to every one of us the Truth from your Word. If the message of this tract is not true, then cause it to have no effect on the hearts of those reading it. If, however, the message from your Word IS true, we ask you to release an outpouring of your Holy Spirit on Christians everywhere. For those who are not spiritually ready, cut to the very bottom of their heart and REMOVE THAT FALSE SENSE OF SECUITTY IN THE NAME OF JESUS! AMEN."



Your opinion, and my opinion, do not matter. What you have been taught does not matter. WHAT DOES THE WORD OF GOD SAY? This is ALL that really matters. The remainder of this tract will be WARNINGS DIRECTLY FROM THE WORD OF GOD CONCERNING YOUR READINESS FOR THE RAPTURE! (If YOU are ready, that's wonderful, but how about your family, your friends, and those who sit in the church pews around you?)



In Luke 21, the whole chapter is discussing the End of the Age and the Second Coming of Christ. In verses 34-36, JESUS GIVES AN OMINOUS WARNING TO ALL CHRISTIANS, "and TAKE HEED TO YOURSELVES, lest at any time YOUR HEARTS be over-charged with surfeiting (partying), and drunkenness, AND CARES OF THIS LIFE, and so THAT DAY COME UPON YOU UNAWARES. For as a snare (trap) shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. WATCH YE, therefore, AND PRAY ALWAYS, THAT YE MAY BE ACCOUNTED WORTHY TO ESCAPE ALL these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the son of man (Jesus)."



If ALL Christians were going to take part in this GREAT ESCAPE, WHY WOULD JESUS GIVE SUCH A STERN AND OMINOUS WARNING TO THE END-TIME CHRISTIAN??? This is DEFINITELY a very PERSONAL WARNING for each of us. The subject matter can be nothing but the Tribulation hour and the Rapture. Jesus says to pray always. Surely, Jesus knows that a non-Christian cannot be in an attitude of constant prayer. Surely, non-Christians are not expected to be LOOKING FOR THAT DAY and WATCHING for signs of His Soon Return.



Jesus is continuously talking to HIS FOLLOWERS throughout this chapter. Jesus says to TAKE HEED TO YOURSELF, He is addressing YOUR HEART and He is constantly personalizing this message to YOU, to YE, THE CHRISTIAN! ARE YOU LISTENING? ARE YOU READY???



What can we do, as Christians, to be found WORTHY of the Lord's GREAT ESCAPE, THE RAPTURE? Jesus tells us to be in a constant attitude of prayer. Become so close to the Lord that you can talk with Him about anything. Pray that the Lord would reveal to YOU anything in your life that might keep you from being ready for the Rapture. Then you need to act upon that which the Lord shows you to do.



In this passage, the Lord strongly encourages us to be WATCHING for the SIGNS of His Soon Return, so that we would not be UNAWARE of the approximate time of His Return. Jesus said we could KNOW when His Return was NEAR, EVEN AT THE DOORS! ALL SIGNS NOW CONFIRM TO US THAT HIS COMING IS AT THE DOOR!!!



If you do not have this firm conviction in your heart that our Lord's Return is AT THE DOOR, it is probably because you have not been WATCHING for signs as He continuously admonishes us to do over and over again in the New Testament (Read Mark 13 and 14). Are the CARES OF THIS LIFE your priority, or do you so much look forward to His Return that YOU LOVE HIS APPEARING (II Timothy 4:8) more than the things of this life?

(2 Timothy 4:8)  Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

The CARES OF THIS LIFE (Luke 21:34) are what cause us to become "worldly" Christians, or "backslidden" Christians, or "lukewarm" Christians. Luke 21:34-36 (Go back and read it again) strongly implies that these types of Christians ARE NOT READY FOR THE RAPTURE!!!
(Luke 21:34)  And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

(Luke 21:35)  For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

(Luke 21:36)  Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

In Revelation, starting with Chapter 6, the horrible judgments of the Tribulation are poured out on an unsuspecting world. In Chapters 1-3, there are several WARNINGS TO THE CHRISTIANS IN THE LAST DAYS, WARNINGS BEFORE THE RAPTURE AND THE TRIBULATION IN CHAPTERS 6-19.



The constant theme of Revelation, Chapter 2, is the NEED OF THE END-TIME CHRISTIAN TO REPENT! Rev. 2: 4-5 says, "I have somewhat against thee, because THOU HAS LEFT THY FIRST LOVE. Remember, therefore, from whence thou are fallen, AND REPENT, and do the first works; or else I WILL COME UNTO THEE QUICKLY, AND WILL REMOVE THY CANDLESTICK OUT OF HIS PLACE, EXCEPT THOU REPENT."



If you HAVE LEFT YOUR FIRST LOVE you are a "backslidden" Christian. You need to REPENT and restore your relationship with Christ back to what it should be. Is the Lord speaking to YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW?



Rev. 3:10 says, "Because thou has kept the word of my patience, I ALSO WILL KEEP THEE FROM THE HOUR OF TEMPTATION, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." The implication of this verse is obvious: If the end-time Christian does NOT stay close to the Lord and endure to the end, HE WILL NOT BE KEPT FROM THE TRIBULATION HOUR!



Rev. 3: 15-16 is ANOTHER OMINOUS WARNING TO ALL CHRISTIANS, "I know thy works, that thou are neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then BECAUSE THOU ART LUKEWARM, AND NEITHER COLD NOT HOT, I WILL SPUE THEE OUT OF MY MOUTH."



Can you honestly give another explanation for this verse, other than the LORD CASTING LUKEWARM CHRISTIANS OUT INTO THE TRIBULATION? What are YOU doing that would show the Lord that you are ON FIRE for Him? These verses say emphatically that their WORKS WERE LUKEWARM.



What happens to the unwatchful SERVANT who believes his LORD is not coming back for a while and is not that concerned about the way he is living his life? Matthew 24: 50-51 says, "the LORD of that SERVANT...shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth (The Tribulation Hour?)." In Matthew 25:30, we see the exact same result for the unprofitable SERVANT. In both cases, there is A LORD--SERVANT RELATIONSHIP ALREADY ESTABLISHED. ARE ALL CHRISTIANS GOING IN THE RAPTURE? WHAT DOES THE WORD SAY???



This world is full of LUKEWARM, BACKSLIDDEN, UNWATCHFUL, AND WORLDLY Christians. In Rev. 7:9, we see a GREAT MULTITUDE, that no man could number, standing before the Lamb of God in Heaven. Verse 14 describes them, "These are they which came OUT OF GREAT TRIBULATION, AND HAVE WASHED THEIR ROBES, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." In Chapter 20, it says they were beheaded for not taking the Mark of the Beast.



This great multitude of people already had robes. Your Robe of righteousness is given to you at the time of your salvation. They were already saved but their ROBES WERE DIRTY. These COMPROMISING Christians were caught up in the CARES OF THE WORLD when the Rapture happened and they were cast into the Tribulation hour like the Scriptures had warned them about so many times. They WASHED THEIR DIRTY ROBES in the Great Tribulation because there is no compromise then---IT'S EITHER JESUS CHRIST (and lose your head) OR ANTICHRIST (and lose your soul FOREVER)!!!



Do you really want to have to face that choice? It is clear from God's Word what you must do to be assured of a place in the Rapture. YOU MUST ACT QUICKLY BECAUSE THE TIME FOR THE RAPTURE IS ALMOST HERE!



1. Make sure that you have received Jesus Christ into your life as your PERSONAL Lord and Saviour. If you do find you need Him to be your personal Lord and Saviour please pray the following prayer with me. There is nothing that can compare with a relationship with God or even come remotely close

Heavenly Father I come to You in the Name of Jesus. I confess to You that I am a sinner and cannot save myself. I confess and repent of all of my sins and unrighteousness. Right now I confess with my mouth Jesus as the Lord of my life and believe in my heart that You, God did indeed raise Him from the dead. I thank You for cleansing and forgiving me of all of my sins and unrighteousness and for saving me. I thank You for sending Your Son to die in my place for my sins, and for the inexpressible gift of eternal life that I now claim through the death of Jesus on the cross. Thank You, Lord, again for saving me. In the Name of Jesus I pray Amen

2. Examine your own heart for any signs of backsliding, worldliness, unwatchfulness, compromising, and lukewarmness.



3. REPENT (Turn COMPLETELY away from sin and turn COMPLETELY around towards Jesus). Sin separates you from God, even as a Christian. Feel free to use the following prayer, praying it with me

Heavenly Father I confess these sins(list them) to You and say I am sorry I did these things, doing so by faith thanking You for Your promise in Your word that when we confess our sins You are faithful and just to forgive them and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Thank You for forgiving all my sins and breaking all demonic oppressions, bondages, and strongholds behind them and deliverance from temptation. In Jesus Name I pray Amen



4. Study end-time Biblical prophecy until you become completely convinced that His Coming is, indeed, AT THE DOOR. This will help keep you from temptation and sin. JESUS IS COMING VERY SOON!!! The book of Revelation, Matthew 24, 25, Mark 13, Luke 12, 17, 21 are good places to start.



5. Do something for the Lord. (Passing out tracts would be a good start.)



6. Examine your priorities, lest the CARES OF THIS LIFE cause YOU to MISS THE RAPTURE, as we are so adamantly WARNED about in Luke 21, and so many other Scriptures.



7. Draw closer to God by praying, reading His Word, attending a fundamental church as often as possible, and surround yourself with a Christian atmosphere (Christian friends, books, music, radio, TV, etc.)



8. PRAY DILIGENTLY. ASK THE LORD TO REVEAL TO YOU ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE THAT EVEN MIGHT KEEP YOU FROM THE RAPTURE. PRAY THAT THE LORD WOULD GIVE YOU A PEACE, IF YOU ARE READY, AND AN UNREST AND UNEASINESS IN YOUR HEART, IF YOU ARE NOT READY.



9. Listen for His voice and then STAY OPEN TO THE LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.



10. Act upon that which the Lord is calling you to do. DO IT NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!



If the Lord has planted the least bit of doubt or uneasiness in your heart, will you swallow your pride and pray this prayer with me:



"Dear Lord, Thank you for preparing a WAY OF ESCAPE from the horrible Tribulation to come. It is my sincere desire to be ready for your Soon Return, so that I can participate in the Rapture. Give me a COMPLETE PEACE IN MY HEART FROM YOU if I am, indeed, ready.

Let there be no false sense of security in my heart concerning my readiness for Your Return. Begin to reveal to me things in my life and in my heart that might keep me from the Rapture. Show me what I need to do to BE READY and then give me the power to act upon that which you show me to do. Draw me away from the world and closer to you every day. Use me in whatever way you can to help others who may not be ready for your Return. Fill me with your peace when I am ready and fill me with YOUR POWER, for victory over sin and temptation, and for effective service for your kingdom. In Jesus' mighty name, Amen."

The words of the Lord that He would leave with you in these last days before His Return, "REMEMBER THEREFORE, HOW THOU HAST RECEIVED AND HEARD, AND HOLD FAST, AND REPENT. IF THEREFORE, THOW SHALT NOT WATCH, I WILL COME ON THEE AS A THIEF, AND THOU SHALT NOT KNOW WHAT HOUR I WILL COME UPON THEE." (Revelation 3:3)



Feel free to make copies of this tract or forward it to your backslidden, lukewarm, compromising, unwatchful, and worldly family members and friends. Do not delay. Time is short. What we do, we must do quickly now.



Maranatha!

God bless you and yours