The Beginning of The End

Have a look at the State of this world, what a mess.

Earthquakes in strange places, giant waves that kill thousands, Terrorists threatening and causing destruction. Incurable disease, war and starvation are everywhere.

Fire, Flood, Volcano, OIL SPILL!!!

All is not well folks.

Jesus foretold that these things would happen.

Luke 21;7-11

7The disciples asked him, "Teacher, when will this happen? What will be the sign when all this will occur?" 8Jesus said, "Be careful that you are not deceived. Many will come using my name.They will say, 'I am he!' and 'The time is near.' Don't follow them! 9"When you hear of wars and revolutions, don't be terrified! These things must happen first, but the end will not come immediately."

10Then Jesus continued, "Nation will fight against nation and kingdom against kingdom. 11There will be terrible earthquakes, famines, and dreadful diseases in various places. Terrifying sights and miraculous signs will come from the sky.
Luke 21;25

25"Miraculous signs will occur in the sun, moon, and stars. The nations of the earth will be deeply troubled and confused because of the roaring and tossing of the sea. 26People will faint as they fearfully wait for what will happen to the world. Indeed, the powers of the universe will be shaken. Mathew 24:29-31 29“Immediately after the distress of those days “‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’c 30“At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. 31And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. These signs are happening right now, in our lifetime. Time is very short. Don't put it off any longer, Repent now, you know you must. What do I do? Romans 10;9-11 9If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved. 11As the Scriptures tell us, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced Acts 16:31 They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." Acts 2:38 Peter replied, "Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit 1 Believe 2 Confess (tell somebody) 3 Repent (turn away from your way and turn to Gods way) 4 Be baptized (you will need other believers to help you with this) 5 Receive the Holy Spirit (He will guide you in all things) 6 Get a bible and read it (the Holy Spirit will teach you)

Mankind's wealth

What we build up on earth will be lost forever.

What we build up in the kingdom of God will be ours forever.

Mankind’s Wealth

15Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

16And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. 17He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’

18“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’

20“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

21“This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God.”

Mankind’s Destiny

Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return."

2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

Hebrews 9:27

And just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment,

Mankinds Salvation

22Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! 25Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life^b? 26Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?

27“Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 28If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith! 29And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. 30For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

What we all must do

Acts 3:19

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,

Acts 2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 6:20 "But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;

Romans 6:23

The payment for sin is death, but the gift that God freely gives is everlasting life found in Christ Jesus our Lord

1 Believe

2 Confess (tell somebody)
3 Repent (turn away from your way and turn to Gods way)
4 Be baptized (you will need other believers to help you with this)
5 Receive the Holy Spirit (He will guide you in all things)
6 Get a bible and read it (the Holy Spirit will teach you)

1st Post

Hello to all, my name is Des and I am a Christian, a follower of Christ. I have started this blog with the intention of sharing what I know about Christ and being a Christian. Why not read this for a start and comment if you like.

John 1;1-3

1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning.

3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

The word of God is the most powerful force that man (the universe) has ever known. It has more power than the greatest cyclone the strongest earthquake or the hottest fire.

It brought the world into being, separated the day from night and set the stars in the sky. The spoken word brought forth the animals and plants and caused them to reproduce after their own kind.

Gen 2:7

God formed man from the dust and breathed life into him.

Gen 1:26

And gave him rule (dominion, authority) over all the earth.

Gen 2:17

And then gave His word, ” for when you eat of it you will surely die”

Gen 3: 6 Gen 3:23

Man sinned (Disobeyed the word of God). In doing this man (Adam) effectively handed the rule or authority over the earth to satan, (sin) and was cast out of the garden of eden.

Mankind reproduced and multiplied on the earth and the sin increased until the time of the flood.

During this period of time mankind had no rules or law to live by, they were allowed to live according to their own will.

Their sins became so great that God had to flood the entire earth to cleanse it of sin.

This period of time allows us to see that mankind can not survive by his own will. Without the word of God we will surely die. Romans 6:23 says “the wages of sin is death”

Next is The Law

After the flood, man again multiplied and started to fill the earth.

Again sin was ever present among the people.

God, through Moses introduced the law (the 10 commandments; Deut chapter 10 onwards) for man to live by, He gave man an intricate set of rules and regulations so that no matter what a person did or where he went there was a law to point them in the right direction.

Mankind continually disobeyed these words of God and continued to cause his own self destruction.

It is impossible for people to keep every law of God because of the nature of sin that has been passed down through the generations, even from Adam.
Romans 5:12, (new living translation) When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam's sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned

This time of the law is like an example, ie; even with an intricate set of guidelines to show the way man does not keep the word of God.

And now, the main event…..Jesus

God took the word, that created the universe, that separated night from day, that put the sun and moon in the sky, that gave authority over all the earth to man,

God took that word and clothed him in flesh. John 1;14

JESUS

Do you know what Jesus did.

He is the only person …ever… to keep the word of God

Without the law he kept the word of God… he used his own free will to choose the will of God

With the law, he kept the word of God… because he followed the law perfectly.

Even after 40 days of starvation he would not break the word of God when being temped by satan, in fact he spoke the word to overcome him.

Jesus is the only person to have ever lived on the face of the earth who has the right, of his own free will, to eternal life.

Then he gave up that life….

Jesus, of his own free will died on the cross.

He submitted to the most dreadful punishment and then gave up his life so that you and I can have the inheritance (eternal life) that Adam gave away.

He didn’t stop there, he took all the sin, the broken word, the sickness and the suffering into hell and took the keys of hell and death off the devil and then rose from the dead. Death could not hold him, because he kept the word of God

The authority that Adam gave to the devil by breaking the word, Jesus took from the devil by keeping the word and gave it back to those who believe.

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