Jesus said, “I am the door:
by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in
and out, and find
pasture.” (John 10:9) He is saying that anyone who seeks eternal life will only
find it by coming to Him. Only through Jesus do we inherit eternal life and
become part of the family of God.
Why should I, and others,
write so much about being saved through Jesus Christ, if prophecy awareness is
the primary topic on this site? The reason is that it is very important that we
make known the fact that Jesus will soon return, and the urgency of our day is
this: all who are willing need to be saved because Jesus is coming soon and
death is also always imminent. Either by our death or the Rapture, whichever
comes first, time is running out.
There is an event soon to
happen called the Rapture that will remove every true believer in Christ. Jesus
is coming personally to take His Church, his bride, from the earth, and then
His judgment will follow upon the earth during the Tribulation. The seven years
of tribulation on earth that follows the Rapture is too horrific to even
imagine. Most will die.
Not to forget, prior to these
two events just mentioned, man continues to die, one by one.
For the lost: all who die go
directly to hell and all who are here at the Rapture must face the Tribulation.
For the saved: all who die go
directly to be with Jesus in Heaven and all who are here at the Rapture (and
all who have died in Him) will be personally removed from earth by Jesus and
taken to Heaven.
There are two doors and two
destinations. Which sounds better to you?
Jesus says that He is the
door to eternal life (everlasting life with God). Satan denies having a door,
but he has one, and it leads to eternal death (everlasting separation from God).
He blinds the eyes of the masses in believing that the message of the Gospel we
Christians share is fairy tale nonsense. Unfortunately, millions upon millions
of people have left this world and instantly realized in hell that the Gospel
was true after all, but now it is too late for them.
As a Christian I anxiously
anticipate the Lord Jesus return for His Church at the Rapture. I truly believe
it may happen today, if not today then maybe tomorrow, but it is going to
happen. If I’m not here when it happens, I’ll still be part of that great event
when He comes. I’ll be coming with Jesus to receive my new Heavenly body.
As I think about loved ones,
friends and others I don’t even know, I often think to myself, “I would love
for Jesus to come today, but if He delays, that’s okay, because it gives
someone else a chance to make the right decision about Jesus Christ and their
soul.” I would hate for anyone to experience the Tribulation, but many will.
The time of the Tribulation will be so bad it could be called a preview to
hell. Even for the few who will be saved during that time, many of them will
probably die by very unpleasant means.
The Scriptures say that, “now
is the day of salvation.” (2 Corinthians 6:2) Procrastination is the downfall
of so many. Those who think they can put off for tomorrow those things they
need to do now, all too often run out of time.
My father-in-law loves for us
to play Rummy with him. We oblige him as often as possible (usually weekly),
because he is 87 years old and has few comforting days remaining. Thankfully,
he is a Christian, so all is okay with him spiritually. He is ready to meet his
Savior. He settled that issue many years ago. However, we usually win the Rummy
game with him, even when we try to lose, because he has one bad habit; he holds
his playable cards too long. We go out on him. He gets caught with all those
cards and gets set.
This is a vivid picture of so
many folks today and down through the ages, “put off today what you can do
tomorrow.” They’re saying in effect, “I’m not going to make a move just yet.”
Unfortunately, death comes calling and it’s too late. Life is over and there
are no more opportunities for any moves. They have been set and judgment
awaits.
The door that Jesus refers to
is not a game show choice. He says clearly that He is the door and it is
through Him that we receive eternal life. Satan wants to make a game show
contest out of this, gambling the very souls of mankind. Sadly, most fall for
this insanity and treat their eternal destiny as a prize to be won or lost.
Folks, when it comes to the eternal destiny of our souls, this is not a game.
It is very serious. It is life or death, eternally.
There is only one door that
offers the gift of eternal life in Jesus Christ. Jesus awaits all those who
will come to Him to be saved. I know I’m being repetitious, but many just don’t
get it.
When we die, we don’t really
die. Only our body dies. Mankind is an eternal creation of God. We start out on
earth in an earthly body, and when our body dies, we continue our life either
in Heaven or hell.
Jesus will provide a new
Heavenly body for all who belong to Him, and in my opinion all those who do not
belong to Him will be provided a body to accommodate hell.
There are two doors with two
different destinations. Only one promises a Savior.
“For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life.
For God sent not his Son into
the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
He that believeth on him is
not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath
not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
And this is the condemnation,
that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light,
because their deeds were evil.
For every one that doeth evil
hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be
reproved.
But he that doeth truth
cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought
in God.” (John 3:16-21)
Grant Phillips
Email: grantphillips@windstream.net
Pre-Rapture Commentary: http://grant-phillips.blogspot.com
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