Sometimes writing comes easy and sometimes
it is a struggle for every word you write. This morning I received a call that
my lifelong best friend had passed away. Two weeks ago they gave him ninety
days to live. That has happened several times in the last year. I wish doctors
would simply say your time is short, enjoy every day you have. Time is not
theirs to give and it makes it really hard when our expectations come up short.
My intention this morning was to write on
the coming solar eclipse based on a video I watched last night. Jonah is one
character in the Bible I have always related to as I spent a large portion of
my life running from God. In fact if you
look at the picture on my post you will see it was on the hood of my truck and
it is on the side of my van now. One thing I could never understand is how
Jonah could be so powerful of a speaker to convert all of Nineveh. The video
explains that there was a major eclipse at the time of Jonah which helped him
convince the Ninevites God’s wrath was about to be poured out on them if they
did not repent. Here is the link for the video, it is hard to watch, but the
message is really important for Americans to know. http://www.annegrahamlotz.org/2017/08/07/gods-judgment-coming-america/#.WY04SzO-x1g.facebook
America needs to take heed for the same reason. To me it is like God is
taking his finger and drawing a line across America and saying it is done.
After watching the video I believe it even more. Recently I have seen a couple
of really good videos that opened understanding to me in areas that I had
always struggled with. The second video deals with the 12th Chapter
of Revelation. It is very enlightening for the facts it shares. Here is the link for the 2nd video
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XA6JcY-ikec
It explains things from the view of
astrology, something I have no knowledge in, but which I know was very
important in earlier Biblical times.
The last few months I have really been
struggling over whether I should write anymore or not. Most all of my Bible
knowledge had already been shared and I hate being redundant, but know that I
often am. With Trump and all the riots
and decline of order in America and no one stepping up to the plate to restore
order, it seems our nation has crossed a line and we are entering a period
similar to the time of Noah which Jesus said we would. Genesis 6:3-7 lays it
out pretty clear as to what it was like in the times of Noah. Yes we are still
getting married, my youngest grandson just did, and we are still burying the
dead. Life is going on, but the turn to evil was predicted by Christ.
One of the still unfulfilled prophecies
from the Bible is the two witnesses to the end times. Knowing the period of
Tribulation is supposed to last seven years it makes me wonder when I
discovered that another eclipse is supposed to happen in seven years and that the paths would cross over St. Louis it made me wonder. Jesus said we would go through a period of tribulation
and then the ones who followed him would be caught away. That will happen at
mid-tribulation, at least from my understanding. My attention is focused on
recognizing the two witnesses to the end time when they come on the scene,
which I feel should be very shortly, but that is purely my personal
understanding of what is predicted. I have been wrong before, I have been right
also a couple of times.
With the prophecies left to be fulfilled I
do not feel that the Rapture or the end is right at hand, but they are both
imminent. Meaning they are not in the too
distant future. Jesus laid out what had to happen and we are getting pretty
close. One thing yet to happen is a major earthquake, like as has never
happened in the history of mankind. The video gives good reference on that
matter and if you type earthquake on the search bar of my blog I have several
rather detailed posts on where I think we are at with that issue.
My post for June 23 of 2016, A Tale of Life
and Death has a section in which I explain a vision I had clear back in January
of 1967 which makes me believe I will be here when Christ returns in glory, but
having died twice already and losing friends on a regular basis younger than
myself, I have started to question if I missed something in that vision, but as
long as I am still sucking air I will continue to believe I am right.
Years ago when I was in my 40’s to early
50’s I met an elderly man and asked him how he was doing, and I have often
quoted his answer. He said, “Young man, as long as I am looking down at the
grass and not up at it, it is a good day.” I laughed and thought it was funny,
but the older I get the truth of what he said becomes easier to understand.
When you get to the point you take pain pills to go to bed so you can sleep and
take some more when you get up so you can get your tired old bones moving, you
realize it is not a joke, but reality.
Yet.....It is a Good Day, but a sad one for me.
