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The JOYS of Heaven

PART 1 FAITH FOR CHANGE IN AMERICA

GWENDOLYN COTTERELL-EIDUKONIS

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Contents

Prologue Acknowledgements Introduction

Chapter 1 Great Visions of Hope

Chapter 2 Prepare for Sudden Rapture

Chapter 3 What if Heaven Could Begin Right Here, Right Now?

Chapter 4 Value of the Soul and the Depth of God’s Great Love

Chapter 5 Behold, I will Do a New Thing

Chapter 6 The Power of the Cross

Appendix

Prologue

Two more years to go! The Joys of Heaven: Part I: Faith for Change in America was first published in July 2017 with the subtitle, “Every Day with Jesus.” Lately, I came to the conclusion that I was a bit hasty in choosing the subtitle because it doesn’t do much to prepare its readers for the urgency of the messages that lie within its pages. Faith for Change in America is a more fitting subtitle. It aims at preparing America and the world, and strengthening believers everywhere, for the change that is quickly hurtling towards us like a whirlwind.

Within the pages of this book, I shared several prophetic dreams concerning many events that are expected to come to in the immediate future of mankind. I also discussed a timeline that was revealed to me as I slept on the night of September 20, 2016. In this dream, I heard the following announcement: “Three more years before the end of the world as we know it!” The year 2019 immediately stood out in my mind.

Following this dream, I spent a lot of time in prayer and meditation as I sought God for revelations concerning the course of events that will take place over the next three years and which will bring about such a dramatic and revolutionary change to the world we live in. The one question I failed to ask was, “When does the countdown begin?” I had simply assumed that the countdown would begin on the night of the dream, especially because the year 2019 immediately stood out in my mind.

Two and a half months after the publication of this book, that is, just before dawn on the morning of October 8, 2017, Jesus appeared to me in a dream. As we walked together along a lonely road, He said to me, “1,020 days to go.” I understood then that this was in relation to a book that I had already published. Since part one of The Joys of Heaven was the only book in which I discussed a

timeline that I received in a dream, it became obvious to me that Jesus was referencing this book.

There are 1,095 days in a three-year period, except for when a leap year is involved. When I subtract 1020 days from this number, it leaves me with 75 days. Counting back 75 days starting with October 8th, the date of the dream, it takes me back to July 26th, five days after the first of this two-book series was published. Counting another 1,020 days starting with October 9th takes me to July 24, 2020. This is exactly three years from the date of this publication and three and a half years since Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States of America.

The countdown started just after this book was first published, a date predetermined by God for its publication. Jesus told me in a dream in July 2016 that He had placed books inside of me and that I would need to pour them out. When several months later I asked in prayer, when will the first of these books be published, I heard simply, “July.”

I understand that these changes will be gradual over the three-year period but will reach a climax on July 24, 2020. Will the world come to an end on July 24, 2020? Not at all! It will simply be the end of the world “as we know it” and the beginning of a new era! July 25, 2020 and beyond will be the start of a new era. Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for the change! These changes will come from natural acts of God and nature, from man-made destructions, contagious diseases, famines, changes in laws and regulations, and from another force outside of human control. The impact of all of these things combined will be devastating.

Eleven days after the publication of The Joys of Heaven: Part I, that is, on August 1, 2017, my daughter had a frightening dream in which she saw a huge body of water ri around our house. She said she thought for sure that our house would become completely submerged. She also said that in her dream,

there was a hole at the bottom of the back door, yet no water came inside our house.

This prophecy was fulfilled less than a month later when Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 40 inches of rainfall in Houston and surrounding neighborhoods in Texas. Countless homes and businesses quickly became completely submerged. The freeways and city streets were like flowing rivers, and street lights were barely visible above the rising flood.

Two weeks later, Hurricane Irma battered Florida and left a lot of storm-surge flooding in its wake. Then, on September 20, 2017, exactly one year after the dream of “Three More Years,” catastrophic Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico and left the entire island in rubble. The wind gust knocked out power to at least 95% of the island and toppled over many cellphone towers. The island was left in darkness and almost completely cut off from the rest of the world. Many streets were turned into flowing rivers as a result of the widespread flooding.

In my daughter’s dream, even though there was a hole in the bottom of the back door, no water came inside our house. I believe that was because the flooding that she saw was meant for other areas and not for us. We were safe and far away from the areas of the flooding.

My daughter’s dream and the apocalyptic type natural disasters that followed almost immediately, along with the devastating aftermaths, seem to confirm my earlier dream of three more years before the end of the world as we know it.

The 2017 California wildfire season seems to speak to this dream as well. It saw some of the largest fires in the history of California and left an historic level of deaths and destruction in its wake. According to Fox News, the Thomas Fire

which lasted just about five weeks, scorched more than 280,000 acres across Southern California and destroyed more than 1,000 structures, was the largest fire recorded in the history of the state.

The catastrophes are not over. There is much more to come. Early in the morning of December 6, 2017, after getting ready for school, my daughter lay back down on her bed and fell asleep almost immediately. When I woke her up just a few minutes later, she said to me, “All I could hear was the loud crash of the ocean waves, the sounds of airplanes flying overhead and the loud noise of gunshots.”

Jesus said that at the time of the end, the seas and the waves will roar! There will be wars and rumors of wars! That time is now! Right now, according to many in the news media, this country is on the very brink of war, a war which I have seen in many dreams over the past few years and which my daughter heard the sounds of in her recent dream. I have no doubt that the planes she heard flying overhead were warplanes and that the gunshots she heard were blasts from live combat. It is no longer a matter of whether or not there will be a war in this country but how soon it will begin. My daughter, who is only ten years old, does not listen to the news and neither do we talk about wars in front of her. What she heard in her dream were pure revelations from God concerning what is yet to come.

Do you believe in God? Is Jesus Christ your Lord? If so, you have absolutely no reason to panic. Simply watch and pray. Jesus taught:

And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to , but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come. (Matthew 24:6–14 NKJV)

This is the beginning of sorrows. The scriptures are clear. The beginning of sorrows will be followed by the tribulation period. Sometime during this very perilous time, the Antichrist – a deceitfully cunning and dominant world leader who is also the chief son of Satan – will set himself up as God in the Jewish temple and command all to worship him. This is the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet, Daniel. Jesus warned that when we see this come to :

Let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened. (Matthew 24:16–22 NKJV)

Right now, at this very moment, the Antichrist is here on earth in human form though not yet revealed publicly! Jesus clearly said to me in a dream in March 2016, “The Antichrist is already here on earth. He was born of the heathen for this purpose. I do not need to tell him who he is. It will be a self-discovery on his part.” Please read with great understanding. The time is short!

Every person living upon the earth at the time of this tribulation will suffer great

peril but, as Jesus taught, “The one who stands firm to the end will be saved” (Matthew 24:13 NIV). Immediately following this very perilous time, the triumphant Jesus will descend to earth in clouds of glory. He will return as King of kings and Lord of lords, and will richly reward all those who put their trust in Him. He will set up his kingdom upon this earth, restore order, and will rule the whole world in righteousness and in truth forever and ever.

Many of the changes to come will be influenced by the United States president, Donald Trump, a world leader who is unlike any other president before him. He is in a position of power and will not be afraid to use this power to impact change, whether good or bad, around the globe. This entire revolutionary change that is coming will take place during his presidency. It began halfway through his first year in office and will reach completion halfway through his fourth year in office.

The night following my earlier conversation with Jesus, in another dream, I saw Donald Trump gliding effortlessly back and forth in the air as if with wings. When he landed in front of me, I noticed he was wearing some kind of black rubber contraption from his feet up to his waist. He stepped out of it before addressing the crowd. In an earlier part of the dream, he and two other individuals, a man and a woman, were debating for the office of president. Trump had a clear victory and spoke into a loud-speaker addressing the large crowd of people gathered around him.

It is no co-incidence that in one dream, Jesus told me 1,020 days to go and the very next night, in another dream, He showed me Donald Trump’s rise to power. This was already an established fact. Showing me Trump’s rise to power at this crucial point in time carries with it some great significance.

Much of the people of this country are upset, some even enraged, because Trump was elected president of the United States of America. I believe, however, that Trump was chosen by God for a specific purpose and cannot be removed from

office until he has accomplished this purpose. I am in no way suggesting that Trump is a man of God and that everything is going to be wonderful going forward. Far from it! This is not an attempt to advocate for Trump. I am neither for Trump nor against him. I am just an impartial bystander sharing with you what God has revealed to me.

Instead of expending our energy raging over who is or is not in the office of president, our time would be better spent praying for and strengthening one another for what lies ahead of us. After all, none of us can stop what God has set in motion! These are perilous times that we are living in and the darkest hour is still ahead. Regardless of who is in the seat of the presidency, God is still in control. If we repent and turn to Him, he will have mercy on us and spare us from what is to come.

Just as a reminder, “The Most High rules in the kingdom of men, gives it to whomever He will, and sets over it the lowest of men” (Daniel 4:17 NKJV). Trump’s rise to power was no accident. It was predetermined by God and nothing could have stopped it. Hillary Clinton got the popular vote but Trump got the votes that really count and rose to power even with fewer people ing him.

Much of the people who voted for Trump thought that they were voting for the lesser of two evils, but, did they? Time will reveal the truth of this matter. Trump is a man of great intrigue and, as so many have said, he has taken on the world by storm.

One morning in early June 2017, I had a rather shocking revelation in a dream concerning Trump’s true identity. In this dream, I made the announcement that President Donald Trump is the Antichrist! I have no idea what preceded that announcement. All I know is that I started making the announcement in my sleep and completed it as I woke up. I was in shock for the next several days!

Could Trump be the Antichrist? Did the Holy Spirit reveal this to me as I slept? The prophet Daniel said that the Antichrist will be a man of fierce countenance and will rise to power peacefully with just a few people. He will prosper and succeed at everything he does. Does this sound like Trump? As far as I know, Trump had never run for a political office before. Very few people expected him to win the presidential election yet, he did, even though the majority voted for Clinton.

Think about this: If the world “as we know it” will end on July 24, 2020, just months before the next presidential election in November, how will this change impact the election? Will there even be another presidential election? Could Trump’s rise to power, that I witnessed in my dream, be as much about the year 2020 as it was about the 2016 presidential election? What is the significance of Jesus revealing to me that there are just 1020 more days to go and then the next night showing me Trump’s rise to power garbed in a black rubber contraption from his feet up to his waist and floating through the air?

If Trump is indeed the Antichrist, the only person who will be able to remove him from office will be God himself. Before that time comes however, Trump will prosper at everything he does and will become great and arrogant. He will trample many great people under his feet. He will form an agreement with the holy people of Israel then act deceitfully and destroy them. Watch and pray because when you think that it is peace and safety, it will be sudden destruction upon you! Entire neighborhoods could suddenly be wiped out! A small child might escape miraculously but will be left mourning for the loss of his family and running for fear of his own life! Many could be held hostages in their own homes! Place your trust in God and not in man. Man will fail you but Jesus never will.

I urge every child of God to consider rededicating his or her life to Jesus now and all unsaved persons to run to Him for refuge. My prayer is that each of us will re-evaluate our priorities and give Jesus the place of highest honor in our

lives. Let us give the Most High God first place in our lives and esteem Him above all wealth, above all fame, above all power, above all family and above everything else.

The first and greatest commandment given to us by God is that we love Him and worship Him only with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our mind and with all our strength. Let each of us seek to deny self on a daily basis, take up our cross and follow after Jesus, obeying Him in all things. If we truly love Him, we will also obey Him.

I urge you also to make every effort to spend more quality time in fellowship with other believers. Let us all come together so that we may strengthen one another for what lies ahead of us. It is important to come together in love and in unity so that we may build, strengthen, and encourage one another as we journey along together.

It is not going to be easy from this point on for many of us believers but together, we will find strength to endure. Many of us will be persecuted. Many others will be killed for the sake of Jesus. This is the current reality for many in numerous other parts of the world. We can take great comfort however in knowing that Jesus has faithfully promised that He will never leave us nor forsake us. He promised also that if we are faithful, even until death, we will wear a crown of life.

God made this promise to Israel and to all those who put their trust in Him, “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine. When you through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you” (Isaiah 43:1–2 NKJV).

Let us seek daily to bring the lost and our entire families and friends into the fold so that together, we may watch and pray and wait patiently for the return of our Lord. “Let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching” (Hebrews 10:24–25 NKJV). Let us strengthen one another in love.

We will gather strength as we wait patiently upon the Lord. As the prophet, Isaiah, wrote, “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint” (Isaiah 40:31 KJV).

This brings to mind a recent dream. In this dream, I, along with a few other individuals, hovered in the air above a large body of water. Lying between us and the water was a film of white fluffy clouds. We floated above the clouds though not very high above ground level. Then, very slowly, I ventured out until I was circling above dry land. I saw some individuals moving about on the ground by a large tree and took note of a very beautiful and startling-white flowering plant near the root of the tree. I circled around the tree a few times, then, as my confidence grew, I took off flying up a hill using both hands to propel myself. I woke up sometime after I reached the top of the hill. I was still soaring above ground when I suddenly woke out of this dream. This, to me, is a promise of victory. You too, can be victorious and find strength to soar like an eagle, and faith to endure to the end, if you abide in Jesus daily and wait patiently upon Him.

Acknowledgements

First of all, I want to express my deep gratitude to our most loving and wonderful Redeemer and King, Jesus Christ our Lord, for giving me The Joys of Heaven in a dream and for His Holy Spirit who inspired me as I write. I take no credit at all for this book as it was given to me by God to whom I give all the glory and honor and praise continually.

I want also to thank my loving husband, Steve, and our amazingly beautiful and precious daughter, Ashley, for their contributions which further illustrate the goodness of God and His rich blessings towards us all. Special thanks also to my husband for so efficiently proofreading my writing and providing me with his .

Special thanks to my pastor, Leon Hebrink, for his invaluable contribution to my spiritual growth through his many rich and inspiring sermons/teachings and through leading by example. To Robert and Catherine Souza, Randy and Dawn McArthur, Mary Ann Hebrink, and to all participants of the many wonderful and inspiring Bible studies on Sunday mornings at First Baptist Church in Meriden, Connecticut – thank you for the wonderful seeds that you have sown into my life. Special thanks also to all my church family for their love, prayers, and of my family through my husband’s many illnesses. What a wonderful example of Christ’s love you are!

Many thanks also to Pastor Daren Richards of City Harvest Ministries in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and to his lovely wife, my very good friend, Joan Richards. I want to say thanks also to Bishop David Bradt, his lovely wife, Marion Diaz Bradt, to Janice Jones and to all the other wonderful brothers and sisters in Christ at City Harvest Ministries. Thank you for your love and of me and my family and for all your prayers.

Thank you also to my very loving and beautiful Mom, Gloria Cotterell, for her unconditional love of her family and for her love and devotion to our Lord. You have been a person of great spiritual strength in our home for many years and a true example of Jesus’ selfless love and humility. I love you Mom more than words could ever express! Special thanks also to my brothers – William, Dohewn, Amos, Desmond and their families, and to my sisters – Gena, Elaine, Sandra, Pamella, Annette, Joyce and their families. I cannot possibly forget my husband’s parents, Ed and Gail, or his wonderful sister, Cindy, and her son, Trystan. Thank you for all your love and of me and my family.

I want to give special recognition to all those wonderful individuals with whom I work at the City of Bridgeport – Patricia St. Louis, Anjerice Miller, Kathleen Brickett, Kenneth Flatto, Terri Coward, Kim Jack and all the others in the Finance Department. Thank you also to Sr. Mona O’Connell, Sophia ManningBarrows, Pastor Raymond Higgin and his lovely family, Sarah Lewis, Greer Wong, Chiquita Stephenson, Paulette Atse and to all the other wonderful individuals who have impacted my life in some way! Most of you had no idea that I have been called upon by God to write a second book. However, I am feeling very generous and would love for nothing better than to share all my blessings with all of you!

A very special ‘thank you’ to my sister-in-law and editor, Cindy Calzone, for her great professional excellence in the editing of The Joys of Heaven which greatly enhanced the finished product. Thanks also to the team at Westbow Press for the cover design and for the very high quality of their work.

Introduction

There is no joy greater than the joys we receive as we spend quality time daily in the presence of our wonderful, loving, and ever merciful Savior, Jesus Christ our Lord. Each day is more glorious than the day before and can only get better the closer we get to our final destination in heaven. We shall see Him as He is, in all His glory and splendor and be clothed in glorious new bodies just like His. Each moment that I spend in His presence is like a treasure most precious and brings to me a joy that is amazingly rich and deeply satisfying. It is like having heaven come down to me on earth.

As I very eagerly seek the Lord early each morning, He fills my heart with joy and refreshes my soul like a well-watered garden. It is like feasting daily on hidden manna from above! Spending the best part of each day – when I am most rested and refreshed – in the presence of Jesus, worshiping Him, adoring Him, writing as He inspires me and thanking Him from a heart deeply touched by His tender love and comion, fulfills me like nothing else ever could. Seeking God early each morning sets the tone for my entire day. All day long, I feel His presence and oh the joys that thrill my soul! It seems I enter into a deeper fellowship with Him with the dawning of each new day.

There is something truly beautiful and wonderful about The Joys of Heaven. It was given to me by God in a dream and inspired by the Holy Spirit as I sat down to write in the wee hours of the mornings. As I journey with Jesus day by day, He reveals to me, a little at a time, His purpose for my life and works through me to fulfill them.

Some time after I began writing The Joys of Heaven, I was informed by a gentleman, a stranger, in a dream that I have another three to four more books inside of me. I smiled to myself at this revelation which was rather pleasing to

my ears. At the time I had taken a break from writing as I worked to promote my first book, Beholding His Glory: A Journey Side by Side with Jesus. Weeks earlier, I had been instructed in another dream by another stranger to resume my writing. Before I could actually get around to it, the voice of Jesus came to me in a dream saying, “I have placed some books inside of you. You will need to vomit them up.” It was also revealed to me, in this same dream, that the book I had been working on was ready to be professionally edited and published.

As soon as I received this revelation, the pastor of my local church body stood poised and ready to do the editing. At first I thought he stood up to edit my book but several months later, in another dream, he published a book of his own. It is now clear to me that the word about the finished book was really for him and not for me and that is why he stood poised and ready to do the editing.

I cringed when I heard the word ‘vomit’ because it has a rather unpleasant taste to it. As I discussed this dream with my husband, Steve, he pointed out that ‘vomit’ in this case does not necessarily mean something unpleasant. It simply means that what God has placed inside of me must come up. Like projectile vomiting, it must come up and out. It must be projected. It must be proclaimed so that others may know of it and be blessed. It was not meant for me to keep this to myself but to share in a manner that will bring blessings to others. Following this discussion with Steve, I promptly went back to my writing without further delay and prayed that God’s will be done in my life.

This is very similar to the story of Jonah in the fish’s belly. God gave His Word to Jonah for Nineveh. Jonah was keenly aware of the wickedness of the people of Nineveh and of how plenteous in mercy God was. He knew that God would have mercy on them if they repented but Jonah was not as generous towards Nineveh. He wanted to see them perish because of their great sins which had reached up to God. Rather than having God’s mercy and grace extend to these people, Jonah ran away and was eventually swallowed by a fish. He would rather die than see God’s mercy extended to the Ninevites. God declared, however, that His Words cannot return unto Him void but that they must

accomplish whatsoever He will. (Isaiah 55:11).

After Jonah repented and cried to God from the fish’s belly, God commanded the fish to vomit him up on dry land. The fish obeyed God’s command and vomited Jonah up on dry land. God then commanded Jonah a second time to go and warn the people of Nineveh. This time Jonah obeyed God and the people of Nineveh were spared. They immediately received God’s words as delivered by Jonah. The king took off his robe, dressed himself in sackcloth, sat in the dust and proclaimed a fast throughout all the land. These people humbled themselves before God, repented of their sins and God spared their lives. (Jonah 1– 4)

In the same way, God gave me the command to vomit up the words which He has placed inside of me so that they may accomplish his will. God is kind, generous, loving, comionate, and quick to forgive. He has always and will always warn His people of their sins and give them a chance to repent and to do right before He brings calamity down upon them. His desire is that none should perish but that all should inherit eternal life.

Unlike Jonah, my desire is to see all repent and turn to God so that His mercy may flow richly upon all people. If you, like the people of Nineveh, readily receive the Word of God that I bring to you, you will receive healing in your physical body, joy in your soul and a hope of eternal life. The Joys of Heaven Part One and Part Two are only numbers; two and three, in a series of books that God has placed within me. I am not sure yet what book number four will be but I am inviting you to stay tuned for more.

Through prayer and meditation, I sought God very early each morning on what to write and under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit shared His Word and His heart for you in The Joys of Heaven. I treasure every moment that I spent in His presence as I learned to listen to His voice and to differentiate between when He speaks and when it is just my own thoughts that I am hearing. God is always speaking but often when He speaks, we ignore it because we don’t recognize His

voice. Jesus taught, however, that His sheep know His voice, they hear Him and they follow Him. Eventually, we come to recognize His voice and learn to follow His leading.

Those of you who know me would know that I tend to fumble a lot when I speak and very often have great difficulty expressing my thoughts clearly. When I sit down to write though and under the anointing of the Holy Spirit, I seem like a different person. These limitations are not as evident. I have less difficulty expressing myself clearly and I write with an authority I don’t normally possess. It may be my fingers doing the typing but the words that flow out of me or the power with which they come are definitely not mine. It is the power of the Holy Spirit flowing through me.

Over the last two years, I have had several visions of rainbows and of the cross of Jesus Christ. As I sought God for the meanings of these visions, and the connection between the rainbow and the cross, Jesus appeared to me in a vision. He said to me, “It is a great thing for your Lord to appear to you.” As we sat on my daughter’s bed discussing two visions I had two years earlier in each of two consecutive nights, He said to me, “I gave you power to do all these things.”

I have seen Jesus in many more visions before and after this. It was about two weeks after this vision that He told me in a dream He has placed books inside of me which I will need to bring up through my writing. As I sat down each morning to write, I felt His warm presence hovering over me, His Holy Spirit burning ionately within my heart and an extreme warmth in the palm of my hands and on my fingertips. I had a very similar experience in the writing of Beholding His Glory. The Joys of Heaven satisfies my quest to find out the reason for my many visions of the rainbow and of the cross of Jesus and what He intended for me to do with the revelation. The title of the book, which was also inspired by Jesus, should give you an idea of where this is going.

As I was reviewing and further editing The Joys of Heaven, Jesus appeared to

me again in a vision. We discussed the book and talked about its publishing. In this vision, the book was already at the publisher’s but without a title and was being d as book #2. I asked Jesus to help me choose a title for it. I then suggested The Joys of Heaven on Earth. He hesitated so I quickly said, “or maybe just The Joys of Heaven.” Immediately after I said that I woke out of the vision with the realization that Jesus had just revealed to me the title of the book. It was only in His presence that I thought of that title. Now as I read through the pages of The Joys of Heaven, I realize how very fitting that title is for the wonderful truths that the Holy Spirit revealed to me as I wrote.

As my first suggestion for a title suggests, the joys of heaven begin right here on earth with Jesus. It is multiplied a million times during His millennial reign upon King David’s throne as King of kings and Lord of lords and will reach a climax when this heaven and this earth away and the new heaven and new earth appear. Heaven will come down to earth and everything will be restored to its former beauty and glory before the fall of Adam in the Garden of Eden. The kingdoms of this earth will ultimately become the kingdoms of our God and we will live and reign with Him throughout all eternity.

The Joys of Heaven, inspired by Jesus, shares many of these joys and teaches you how to claim them for yourself. God promised that with joy you will draw water out of the well of salvation. The Joys of Heaven is exciting, joyful, full of promise, and gives you a great thrill of hope for the future. It is a sure formula for lighting the fire again and for bringing you bodily healing, deliverance, and restoration.

Prior to this last vision described above, I prayed several times asking Jesus to give me a title for this book which He has placed within me. This was very similar to the prayer I prayed constantly throughout my writing which was, “Please work through me, Lord Jesus, to make this book a true representation of the one you have already written in me.” I am so glad we serve a God who answers prayers!

I am profoundly grateful that God has chosen to shower down upon me these many blessings and has empowered me to share them with you so that you, too, may be blessed. I am so thankful for His unmerited favor and deeply humbled by this high honor that He has placed upon me by appearing to me in so many visions and in entrusting me with His Word for you.

Today, I present to you, The Joys of Heaven, inspired by God to reveal His will for you, so that you may share richly in all the joys of heaven and take freely of His abundance. I pray that you will be as inspired reading it as I was in writing it! May the special joys and treasures of heaven be yours as you joyfully receive these wonderful words coming from God and give them freedom to work effectively in your heart. If you believe it and receive it, it will bring healing to your body, your mind, your soul, and your spirit. The Words of God are “life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body” (Proverbs 4:22 NIV).

The Joys of Heaven was given to me by God for you. I am simply the humble vessel through which He chose to reveal His heart for you. I am deeply grateful that He has chosen me to be one of the modest vessels through which He reaches out to you today in order that you might have an understanding of how deep and of how wide His love for you is and of His grace which flows in even greater abundance for you in these last days.

As we get closer and closer to the time of the apocalypse, the many joys and enchanting treasures of heaven seem even more inviting. May you experience the depth of God’s love and of His comion as they flow richly into your heart. I pray that you will become deeply rooted and grounded in His great love and that it will totally transform your life as you become increasingly more secure, day by day, in His wonderful love for you.

Chapter 1 Great Visions of Hope

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. —Proverbs 29:18 (KJV)

As a child, growing up in the country had its special joys, one of which was rushing outside after a heavy rainfall in search of the beautiful, gigantic, and radiant arc of the multicolored rainbow in the clouds. It was almost always a sure thing to see the rainbow appear in the clouds right after a heavy downpour and just as the sunlight began to peek out again from behind the clouds.

On rare occasions, a double rainbow would appear. Yes, you heard me right! I did say a double rainbow! My siblings and I often gazed in awe and wonder at the two magnificent rainbows of radiant red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet until they slowly faded away. The outer rainbow seemed to be a reflection of the inner rainbow, as the colors appeared in the reverse and just a little less radiant.

I have always been fascinated by the warm radiance of the colorful rainbow as it spreads itself with glory and splendor among the clouds of heaven. It never ceases to ignite a warm feeling of hope and inspiration within me. It gives me renewed hope for the future and pushes me to reach for the stars.

Each time I see a rainbow, I think of God, His presence in the clouds, His eyes watching me, and the reason He placed His bow in the clouds. I am forever enthralled by its wondrous beauty and never get tired of gazing upon it with awe and wonder.

Each time the rainbow appears, it is as if I am seeing it for the first time. It continually amazes me and holds me spellbound by its warm and radiant beauty until, ever so slowly, it fades from my vision. The voice of the rainbow is like sweet music to my ears. It whispers to me a message of hope that brings joy and a feeling of comfort deep within my heart.

Have you noticed lately how the vivid and joyful colors of the rainbow, spread in the clouds with so much elegance and splendor, appear to glow far more radiantly than usual? Have you noticed how the rainbow seems to linger a lot longer than normal before it slowly fades away? It is as if God is trying to send us a special message through the rainbow.

Early one morning, about four years ago, as I pulled into the parking lot outside my workplace, I was amazed to see the glow of the colorful rainbow in the clouds encircling the early morning sun. It was a rather unusual sight to me and got me wondering whether there was a special message in it just for me.

A rainbow is indeed fascinating and a sight to behold, but it is more than just a vision of a radiant and colorful arc appearing in the clouds after a rainfall. The rainbow was placed in the clouds by God after the flood of Noah as a token of God’s special promise to Noah, his family, the earth, and all generations. God promised to never again destroy the earth with a flood. The rainbow is a sign of this covenant. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds after a rainfall, God sees it and it reminds Him of the covenant He made with Noah, the earth, and all living creatures:

Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth. I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.” And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.” So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth. (Genesis 9:8–17 NIV)

God gave the radiant and multicolored rainbow as a sign of the everlasting covenant that He made with Noah, the earth, and all living creatures to bless them abundantly, prosper them, and never again destroy them with a flood. It was a covenant of love, a sign of new life, new hope, and new beginnings. It was a chance to start over again.

Many of us today pray for children of our own, and still many have died without ever having received the answer to their hearts’ cry. God blessed Noah, his family, and their descendants exceedingly and abundantly with a great throng of children. That was His first blessing to them after the flood. He said to Noah and his family, “As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it” (Genesis 9:7 NIV).

Through Noah and his family, the whole earth was repopulated. As descendants of this one family, we are interconnected with one another. The animals, birds of the air, and every living creature were also abundantly blessed by God and given

the task of replenishing the earth after their kind.

God made great provision for food and gave Noah and his family power and authority over all animals. Through His great love, wisdom, and power, God made provision for everything that Noah and his family would ever need as well as provision for all generations to follow. He provided them with food in abundance and gave them dominion and power over all beasts, birds of the air, and living creatures. He blessed them beyond their wildest imaginations. He gave them freedom, power, authority, new hope, new life, a future, peace, contentment, and fulfillment. With the unmerited favor and grace of God as it were, the possibilities were endless. They were blessed with a wide-open space and a chance to express themselves creatively.

Vision of a Rainbow and the Cross of Christ

One morning in early spring 2015, as I awoke from sleep and just before I got out of bed, I had a vivid vision of a section of a radiant rainbow. Right above and to the left of the rainbow was a beautiful and defined image of a cross. This image was similar to the image on the front cover of this book.

This vision woke me up to the realization that the many other visions of rainbows of varying lengths, shapes, and sizes that I had experienced within the last several months were indeed God speaking to me. Since this last vision of the rainbow and cross, I have purposed myself to seek God for their meaning and the connection between the rainbow and the cross of Jesus Christ. Why did God give me these visions, and what does He intend for me to do with the revelation? With regard to the rainbow I saw encircling the early morning sun, is it possible that God was trying to speak to me through the rainbow and, if so, what was the message?

On August 8, 2015, as I was at the beach in Fairfield, Connecticut, with my family, my daughter said to me, “Look, Mommy, there is a rainbow!” I looked in the direction she was pointing, and indeed there was a great big rainbow encircling the afternoon sun. I was in awe as I pointed out the rainbow to my husband who had never seen one encircling the sun before.

The amazing thing to both of us, though, was the fact that the rainbow was out even though it had not rained that day and the sun was shining brilliantly. We first noticed the rainbow around the sun at approximately 3:45 p.m. and interestingly, an hour later, the rainbow was still visible. God said that in the last days He would show signs and wonders. This definitely looked like a sign to me.

This was my second time in fewer than two years seeing the rainbow encircling the sun. I believe that there is a special message here for all of us. Is it a warning sign from God as we approach the end of the age? Or could it be that the message is one of great hope? It could be a reminder that God’s grace is still flowing in great abundance and that right now is a good time to recognize and accept His great love and mercy toward us before the window of opportunity closes.

As I ponder the meaning of these visions and study the Word of God, I have uncovered a great number of similarities between the rainbow and the cross of Jesus Christ. Both bring the promise of new life, new birth, new hope, new beginnings, a new covenant, God’s unmerited love, grace, mercy, and favor toward all people. Both promise abundance, fulfillment, joy, peace, freedom, endless possibilities, and a chance to start over. Both are life-changing agents.

Vision of an Abundant Harvest

In the early spring of 2015, God showed me an abundant harvest. In this vision, I was walking along a country road with two other individuals. As we walked along, we came upon the outskirts of a large and flourishing orchard. We could see several fruit trees, all laden with large, beautiful, and deliciously appetizing fruits ripe and ready for the harvest. Each tree was a different kind, and every limb was laden with the largest and most delectable fruits that I had ever seen. I had never seen so many fruits on any fruit tree before!

The interesting thing though is that despite the fact that there were so many fruits on each tree limb, not even one of them was bent under the weight! They were all standing firm and strong. The lower tree limbs were low enough for us to very easily reach up and pick some fruits if we wanted to. There were breadfruits, the largest I had ever seen, oranges, tangerines, mangoes, pears, apples, and numerous other fruit trees. These were all on the outskirts of a very large orchard. We could see a big wide gate leading into a huge orchard filled with many large and flourishing fruit trees which seemed to be inviting us to come in and share in the abundant harvest.

Through this vision, God has revealed to me that the souls of people everywhere are ripe and ready for the harvest. I believe that each different fruit tree I saw represented a different nation and that each fruit represented a soul who is hungry and ripe for the word of God, the message of hope through the cross of Jesus Christ. This is the End Time harvest.

If there were ever a time to preach and teach the Word of God, it is right now. Jesus will be returning soon for a church that is ready and waiting, without spots and without wrinkles. Now, more than ever, every child of God needs to go out and bear much fruit. Jesus has called each one of us to be a disciple and to make disciples of all people. I pray that each one will seek to win others for Christ, to work faithfully in the harvesting of souls as we await the return of our Lord and Savior.

Jesus taught that if we abide in Him and His words abide in us, we will bear much fruit and that our fruits will remain:

I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. (John 15:5–8, 16 NKJV)

A few months ago, in a dream one night, I saw a giant-size cross among a large forest of very tall trees in the shadows of the evening. The cross was as tall as the trees and the arms stretched several feet on either side. This is a reminder of the great and mighty arms of Jesus, of how far and wide they stretch, reaching to all the ends of the earth. It is a reminder also of the power of His great love to save everyone who looks to the cross and believe upon Him for their salvation.

We are living in a time of great uncertainty and dread as we experience what Jesus referred to as the ‘beginning of sorrows.’ People, on a whole, are becoming alarmed and increasingly more afraid as terrorist cells keep popping up in several countries all around the world and committing mass murders of innocent people. No country seems safe from these unwanted invasions.

In some countries, especially in the Middle East, the followers of Jesus are being targeted by radical enemies of Jesus Christ and are being tortured and brutally murdered because of their faith in Jesus. The good news, however, is that everyone who loses his life for the sake of Jesus Christ will live again with Him for all eternity. The followers of Jesus, therefore, need not be afraid. If you remain faithful, even unto death, you will someday wear a crown of life.

For those individuals who still do not know Jesus as their Lord, the only thing that can make a real difference in their lives right now is a message of hope. The rainbow brings a message of hope for the future while the cross of Jesus Christ transforms lives. It delivers and sets free those who are tangled up in the bondage of sin and sunken in hopelessness and despair in a world made darkened and chaotic by sin.

The message of Jesus’ death upon the cross, His burial, and His resurrection three days later is one of great hope and has a life changing effect on everyone who receives it. It gives us a new life in Christ, new hope for the future, and a hope of eternal life with Jesus in heaven. No matter how deeply embedded in sin we were, if we confess our sins to Jesus, He will forgive us and cleanse us through the power of His blood which He poured out upon the cross for all of mankind. He promised that He will not turn away anyone who comes to Him. Jesus taught: “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out” (John 6:37 NKJV).

Visions of Jesus—I gave you Power!

Three years ago, in two separate visions in each of two consecutive nights, Jesus showed me His nail-pierced hands. In each vision, I saw several brilliant rays of light shining through the holes in the center of His palms. He showed me only one hand at a time. As the first hand faded away, the second one appeared all aglow.

On the second night, after the hand faded away the second time, I saw the silhouette of Jesus in the shadows of the room as He rose up and stood next to my bed with His arms outstretched towards me. I later found myself outdoors in a wide open area facing a large crowd of people. Still later, I found myself

walking along a street with an extreme warmth in my right palm. I felt so overwhelmed by Jesus’ love for me and knew within my heart that He had given me a great gift. Shortly after these visions, I felt the inspiration to write about my experiences. A year later, my first book, Beholding His Glory: A Journey Side by Side with Jesus, was published.

On July 9, 2016, in another vision, I had the amazing opportunity to discuss these two visions with Jesus. As we sat on the bed in my daughter’s room, Jesus said to me, “It is a great thing for your Lord to appear to you.” I silently acknowledged what He said before asking, “Do you the dream in which you appeared by my bedside, extended your arms to me after which I found myself in front of a large crowd of people and later felt overwhelmed by your love as I walked down the street?” He responded, “I gave you power to do all these things!” As He said that, I saw writings and images appear on the far wall of Ashley’s bedroom. In that moment I realized that a great deal had been entrusted to me and is also required of me. To whom much is given, much is required! (Luke 12:48).

Two weeks later, on July 27, 2016, the voice of Jesus spoke to me in another dream saying, “I have placed some books inside of you. You will need to vomit them up.” In full obedience to the voice of God, here I am, joyfully writing again and fully expecting Him to inspire me as I go along.

I take this responsibility very seriously and, with love and humility, I joyfully and gladly take up my cross each day and follow after my loving Savior and Lord, King Jesus, as He leads me to fulfill His purpose for my life. I know that He will lead me, guide me, and empower me every step of the way. I can do all things through Jesus who gives me enough strength for each day and who promised to be with me always, even to the end of the Ages!

I have had some truly amazing moments with Jesus in many dreams and visions which make me realize how truly blessed I am. It was a truly awesome feeling

and a great honor just to sit with my Lord, to speak with Him face-to-face and to hear Him say to me that He gave me the power to do everything I saw in these visions. The power is already in me! He gave it to me!

If you have received the gift of the Holy Spirit, the power is in you also. “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you” (Acts 1:8 NJKV). If you don’t have the Holy Spirit, I am encouraging you to seek Him now. He is available to all! I implore every child of God to walk with confidence within the realm of this great power and authority that God has released in each of us and declare His glory from coast to coast! Let us maximize every moment because the days are evil!

I truly believe that a great movement of God, that is, a great spiritual reawakening, is on the way but each believer has a part to play in it. Each of us has a duty to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ throughout all the world and to stir up the love of Jesus in the hearts of those around us. Let us all work together to light the fire again. Let us all get excited about Jesus once again and share with everyone we meet how truly great and awesome He is and of His great love for us all.

Let us pray every day, without ceasing, for one another, especially for spiritual strength. Let us keep the prayer line open and talk to Jesus constantly. Staying in constant communication with God draws us closer to Him and can only bring more blessings to us. Let us come together as one and pray to hasten the time of this great revival of the church and of the return of our Lord.

Chapter 2 Prepare for Sudden Rapture

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. —1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 (NKJV)

If you have been born-again and Jesus Christ is still your Lord, I have wonderful and exciting news for you. Jesus is coming back soon! Yes! Our King is coming! Isn’t that exciting news?

I can almost hear the skeptics saying, “So what’s new? We have been hearing that all our lives and He is still not back yet. Why should we believe you now?” Please bear with me for just a moment and I will share with you some awesome revelations that I have received from Jesus in numerous visions. Please do not shoot the messenger!

Two years ago, in a vision, Jesus commissioned my daughter and me to quickly prepare everyone to be caught up in the rapture. I discussed this in great detail in my first book, Beholding His Glory. A few months ago, in another vision, He impressed upon me the urgency of His return and my duty to share this knowledge with everyone to prepare them for His soon return. It will not be long now before we will be caught up to meet Him in the air. Very soon we will be going home! This is all very exciting! The church of Jesus Christ has been

waiting for this moment for two thousand years. Now, finally, after such a long time, it is about to be realized.

Heaven is finally in view and the possibility of believers who are alive today being caught up into heaven without ever having tasted the sting of death is very real. I get so very excited just thinking about this!

Over the last two years, Jesus has revealed to me some really amazing things concerning the time of the End. We are quickly approaching the wrap up of this Age and the time of God’s wrath upon the earth but the child of God need not be afraid. The good news is that we will escape the wrath of God. It is not for us! We will be going home in the rapture.

We are so much closer now to our eternal home where we will be with Jesus forevermore. A time of great spiritual re-awakening is coming soon and millions of people will be caught up! I have had so many wonderful visions of great revivals, of showers of blessings and of the rapture. This Age may be coming to a close but Jesus is still in control and everything will be alright for all those who put their trust in Him. Even now there is time for the unsaved to get on board before it is too late.

Vision of the Glory of God

I had the most amazing vision on the night of September 15, 2016! In this vision, I was outside my house when suddenly the glory of God filled the entire atmosphere all around me! It was everywhere, golden yellow in color, showering down like rain yet not wet, and was blowing like a strong yet gentle wind! I lay face down on the ground all enraptured by it as I felt it coming down like showers of blessings upon me. It kept flowing and flowing and flowing! There

was a little girl, about four or five years old not very far from me. She was lying on her back gazing up at the sky and looking all enraptured.

As I lay captivated by the glory of God, I thought of my family and of how wonderful it would be if they too could share in all this glory. I then started to pray that this same shower of blessings would fall on every member of my family, all our in-laws, all our friends, everyone I know and all their families and friends until everyone is completely saturated by it. I then found myself at my workplace and I heard someone say, “We need to keep an atmosphere of praise and worship.” To this, I readily agreed. Now I am ing on these same great words of prophecy to you.

I pray that every child of God will get into an attitude of praise and worship as we eagerly watch and wait for our dear Lord to appear. I pray that as we wait, the Shekinah glory of God will fill the whole atmosphere all around us. I pray that all will bow before the Lord with great reverence and with humble hearts as we worship Him in spirit and in truth. I pray that the blessings of God and the power of His Holy Spirit will pour down upon you like showers of rain until you are totally and completely saturated, from the inside out! Then when Jesus suddenly appears to take us home, He will find us all ready and waiting.

Visions of the Rapture

Within a three week period in the month of November 2016, I had two visions of the rapture. In the first vision on November 2nd, God showed me a vision of what the rapture will be like. I was standing in the doorway looking into a large room with a fairly large number of individuals when suddenly, in a flash, I saw all but one person disappear right in front of my eyes.

Before the rapture, this person was standing facing a woman and carrying on a conversation with her. His hands were on her shoulders as they talked together. Immediately following the rapture, I saw him getting up off the floor looking rather confused. There were no warning signs at all! It was a day just like any other day and people were engaged in their normal activities when suddenly and without any warning, the rapture came, some were taken and this one person was left behind. If you were not ready prior to the rapture, you will not have time to get ready. You would be left behind.

The second vision came just minutes before I woke up on the morning of November 25th, the day after Thanksgiving. In this vision, I knew instinctively that the rapture was about to take place. I shared that knowledge with both my husband and daughter who were with me in the vision. My daughter, Ashley, and I were ready to go up in the rapture. My husband, Steve, was a little hesitant. I grabbed Ashley around her waist and started dancing the victory dance with her as I sung, “We are all going up in the first resurrection! We are all going up in the first resurrection! We are all going up…!”

My husband was a little hesitant only because we had just finished preparing a meal and he wanted to eat first. Spiritually though, He was ready and I knew in this vision that we would all be going up in the rapture to our final destination in heaven to be with our dear Lord forever. I was so excited and filled with such great expectancy!

Knowing that I was finally about to see King Jesus face-to-face in all his glory led me to twirl around with my daughter in a dance of victory. I was too elated and thrilled at the prospect of being caught up to the third heaven to delay my rejoicing.

I can hardly wait to get to heaven or to see our loving Savior face-to-face in all His glory! Can you? None of the things that we treasure in this world can be compared to the riches, the beauty, the splendor, or the joys of heaven. Let go

therefore of anything in your life that draws you away from God and from fellowshipping with Him each day. Keep your eyes and your focus on Him alone. King Jesus is the greatest treasure that you could ever have.

This dream brings to mind another dream I had a year ago. In this dream, a voice spoke to me saying, “You will be caught up to the third heaven next!” If this was meant just for me as an individual, then this is wonderful news indeed! It gives me further assurance that heaven is indeed my home and that I will go there someday soon. However, I believe that this speaks of the rapture of the church when the dead in Christ and all those who are alive and remain faithful will be caught up together to meet Jesus in the air. Together with Him, we will go to our eternal home in heaven.

This to me is wonderful news! The fact that I was told that we will be caught up to the third heaven next tells me that this could be the next major event to occur on planet earth. In light of this, it is even more important for everyone of us to get ourselves ready and to encourage others to get themselves ready for this amazing event. The church of Jesus Christ has been waiting for this moment for a long time now. The very thought of the rapture taking place in my lifetime makes me all giddy with excitement. I am so elated by such marvelous revelation!

As I mentioned earlier, in February 2015, in another vision, Jesus commissioned my daughter and me to quickly prepare everyone to be caught up in the rapture. In this vision as discussed in the introduction of my first book, Beholding His Glory, Jesus suddenly appeared to us moving at lightning speed. Without pausing, He placed before each of us, two tall, crystal-clear glass cylinders, each half full with water. As He did that He said to us, “Quick! We need to get these to everyone in order for them to be caught up in the rapture!”

I received the distinct impression that Jesus was racing against time to get the water into the hands of all the people because the rapture was about to take

place, but sadly, the people were not ready. I started to pour some water out into a larger container but my daughter exclaimed in alarm, “Mommy, don’t do that! You have to drink it! Jesus said we have to drink it!” You get the message. We all need to drink this water before we can be caught up in the rapture!

The water in the vision above represents the Holy Spirit and the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ which heals and transforms lives. This is a simple yet profound message. God loves the world so much that He gave His only Son, Jesus Christ, as a sacrifice for sin. He did this so that we would not perish but have eternal life. Jesus died once to pay the penalty for the sins of the entire world. He bore our sins, our pain and our sorrows in His body and nailed them to the cross. Through faith in Jesus and the power of His atoning blood, we receive forgiveness of sins, a hope for all eternity, and healing from all manner of sicknesses and diseases. By His stripes we are healed.

Everyone who receives Jesus by faith receives a new birth and life everlasting. When you drink the Living Water which He gives, that is, the Holy Spirit, He seals your adoption as son or daughter of the Most High God and guarantees you eternal life. Jesus came into this world not to condemn us, but to save everyone who believes in Him. It is by grace that we are saved through faith in Jesus. Believe it, receive it, and you will be saved!

If you still do not know Jesus as your Lord and Savior, call upon Him today from right where you are. He will hear you and will forgive you of all your sins when you repent and turn to Him. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool” (Isaiah 1:18 NIV).

On the day of Pentecost, Peter and the other apostles, under the anointing of the Holy Spirit, preached the good news of the gospel. When the people heard it, they were convicted in their hearts and they asked the apostles what they should do. Peter responded, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of

Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:38 NIV).

It is that simple. Repent and turn away from all your sins, receive your baptism by water and you, too, will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit was promised to everyone who believes in Jesus and is our guarantor of eternal life. Call upon Jesus today. Lay down your heavy burden of sin along with all its guilt and shame at the foot of the cross and then walk away free, a brand new creation, without spots or wrinkles.

God’s love and grace are flowing in great abundance for you right now so, “Seek the LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND; CALL ON HIM WHILE HE IS NEAR” (Isaiah 55:6 NIV). If you feel a deep longing, a hungering and a thirsting inside your soul, call upon Jesus now and ask Him to give you freely to drink of the Holy Spirit. He will quench your thirst, revive your soul and prepare you for the sudden rapture. No one knows the day or the hour of the rapture. It could come at any time. It is, therefore, important for you to be ready and waiting at all times.

Three More Years before the End of the World as We Know it!

On September 20, 2016, as I slept that night, I had an eye-opening dream. In this dream, I found myself in a public place among a large crowd of people. We were all walking about in the evening twilight, each person minding his or her own business when a man with a microphone caught my attention. I heard him make the following announcement, “THREE MORE YEARS BEFORE THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT!” It was a rather sobering moment. The year 2019 suddenly stood out in my mind. I immediately turned to the people around me and asked, “Did you hear that?” I then repeated for them the proclamation that I had heard.

This was a prophetic word concerning the immediate future of mankind and which raises a lot of questions. What exactly does this mean? What significant event is going to take place within the next three years that will bring about such a dramatic change to the world as we know it? Are we heading for World War III? Is the global economy about to collapse? Are we heading towards another Great Depression like the one following World War I and into World War II? Could it be the rapture of the church, the start of the Great Tribulation, or the beginning of sorrows? Could this be the End of the Age as Jesus discussed in Mark: Chapter 13, Matthew: Chapter 24 and Luke: Chapter 21? Could this mean that after two thousand years this prophecy is finally about to be fulfilled?

The following visions that I have had over the last few years may shine some light on this. Four years ago, I had a vision of war planes flying overhead and of soldiers in red coats spying throughout the land. Since then, I have had two more dreams of war on American soil and of rioting and gunshots in the city streets. In one dream, I saw the aftermath of a massive earthquake that had hit the nation and killed a large number of individuals. The ground was so broken up that it was a danger to even venture outdoors.

It is quite possible that we could have wars on American soil starting within the next three years and which could very easily lead to a third world war. Wars can be very long and very brutal and could result in a large number of casualties. This would cause great distress and could very easily plunge us into a great depression which could forever change the world as we know it.

On October 17, 2015, in a vision, I saw our beloved country, the United States of America, under siege by a large army of men dressed from head to toe in black and carrying big, long, black guns. These men looked exactly like the ISIS terrorists! They were wearing black masks over their faces and only their eyes were visible. When I first saw them, they were wading from the ocean in knee high water. They suddenly appeared without warning and before we knew it, they were upon us. We ran and tried to hide ourselves behind trees, in trenches,

in bushes, and in the grass; but these enemies were everywhere making it impossible to hide.

They very quickly overpowered us and took control, rounding many of us up in a very large building. These maniacs were merciless and had no comion whatsoever. Children and individuals with disabilities were regarded without any mercy. In the mad rush of the crowd to get away from these people, I got separated from my husband and daughter. I started to look for them in the crowd but woke out of this vision before I could find them.

Since this vision, two radical Islamists shot and killed fourteen people at an office holiday party and injured many others in San Bernardino, California, in December 2015. In June 2016, an American-born terrorist who pledged allegiance to ISIS shot and killed 49 people and injured 53 others at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. There have been other attacks, on a much smaller scale, in the United States since then. I believe, though, that what we have seen so far is simply a chip off the iceberg. The attack that I witnessed in the vision was much bigger than these. I believe that there is a very real threat on America by Islamic terrorists and by other countries as well and that we need to be on high alert.

My advice to one and all – Watch and pray! Stay on the alert and in constant communication with God. Let us all together in praying for our beloved country, the United States of America. Let us all turn and seek God with all our hearts and souls. Let us all repent and turn to Jesus so that He may have mercy on us and spare us from utter destruction. If we could come together as a nation and repent and turn to God, He may be willing to spare us. If not, in times of trouble, God will always protect and deliver those who put their trust in Him.

Let us pray that God will protect us from our enemies. Let us pray for increased securities along our borders and for our military that they will be able to defend us in the eventuality of wars on the American soil. Let us pray for our leaders

that they will make the best decisions for our country and for everyone. Last but not least, let us pray for our loved ones, our friends, our church families, our coworkers and their families, and for everyone residing in or visiting our country. Let us pray that we will not lose the freedom that we so richly enjoy today. May God bless America and everyone residing in this country!

Please with me also in praying, especially for the protection of the children, teachers, and other workers in all the schools in this country and around the world. In my dream on March 15, 2017, I was at work in one of the government centers in the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, when two men, both strangers, walked in and announced that they had come to inspect a storage area in the basement. When I told the maintenance person about them, he took one look at them and then took off running. I assumed that he was rushing to make sure the area was clean but when I went in search of him, he was nowhere to be found. I asked someone else where he was but was told that he had left the building.

I went back up to the front office and asked the two men to sit while they waited. As they sat, I noticed that there were classrooms all around us with lots of school children sitting in them. The walls were made of clear glass and so I was able to see clearly all the students as they sat in their classrooms. They were all in uniforms, the girls wearing one type of uniform and the boys another. I then noticed the Mayor as he stood up and signed his name on the floor using a very long pen.

I then walked into another room and saw the words “STAFF ROOM” written on a wall next to the doorway. Suddenly, I heard loud screams coming from the children. As soon as I heard it, I knew immediately that something was seriously wrong. The other individuals in the staff room, possibly teachers, took off running in the same direction in which the children were running. My instinct told me to run also but I couldn’t run before knowing for sure that my daughter, Ashley, was safe. I stood where I was and started to scan the crowd of children running towards the building to see if I could spot Ashley. I woke up before I knew for sure that she was safe among the children running towards the

building for safety.

I believe the children in one or more of Bridgeport’s schools and possibly other schools within this nation may be in danger of some kind, possibly from terrorist attacks. In my dream, I was in the government center which was in the center of the school district and all around us I could see students sitting in their classrooms. Those two strangers whom the maintenance person ran away from were possibly terrorists. He recognized right away that something was not right and ran, unfortunately, without warning anyone that they could be in danger. Let us pray every day for God to protect the children in the Bridgeport School District and all around the world.

A year earlier, on March 4, 2016, I had another vision in which I saw this nation engulfed in chemical warfare. Many of us witnessed a high-rise building in a large city go up in flames and saw a light green poisonous gas engulfing the air all around us and reaching well above the trees. Everyone exposed to this poisonous gas became immediately paralyzed by it.

When my daughter, Ashley, saw the building go up in flames, she took off running in the direction of her dad, but the gas quickly overpowered her and she fell on the ground at the foot of a large tree. With my heart pounding in my chest from fear for her safety, I raced after her but my limbs were so heavy I moved like a person in slow motion. I called to her to get up while all the time praying fervently.

Ashley struggled to get up but was on her feet again by the time I finally managed to get to her. I picked her up in my arms and took off down the side of the hill to my left though still moving in slow motion. Each leg felt like a ton. Ashley was only semi-conscious because she had inhaled so much of this poisonous gas. As I moved at a snail’s pace down the hill I heard her say, “Mommy, I can see the Angels! They are all around us!”

I believe that tough times are ahead for America and for every inhabitant of the earth but the children of God are surrounded every day by an innumerable company of angels. The Hebrew writer exhorted, “But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels” (Hebrew 12:22 NKJV). God will always take care of His own! He has provided a way of escape for us.

I understand from a more recent vision on December 30, 2016, that war is imminent. In this vision, I had a dream which spanned two nights. In each of the two consecutive nights, I had the same dream. In the first dream, I was rebuilding the roof of my house. The next day, I spoke to someone, a stranger, about the dream and she immediately said to me, “It means WAR!” The next night I had the same dream except that this time, I was not only rebuilding the roof but my entire house. The next day, the third and final day that the dream spanned, I shared this new dream again with the same stranger and three other individuals who were with her. With great excitement and anticipation, I asked, “What do you think this means?” The same stranger from the day before looked me straight in the eye and, as she did the previous day, stated emphatically, “It means WAR!” (This entire vision, while consisting of two dreams, two nights in a row, in reality, took place in one night. The strangers I spoke with, possibly angels, were all part of the same vision).

Signs of this war can right now be seen in the political upheaval and the civil unrest resulting from Donald Trump’s election as president of the United States of America. Also, the recent bombing of a Syrian airfield by the United States of America in response to a suspected chemical attack which killed numerous innocent civilians in Syria is a very clear indication of war in the not-so-distant future. Even though the president’s swift response to this attack was applauded by many leaders around the world, there were others who thought his actions were aggressive and could provoke a war.

Just last night, June 10, 2017, in a dream, I watched as the USA bombed a

foreign country. When I became aware of this action, the war was well under way. The name of the country being bombed was not revealed to me. It wasn’t clear to me either, what provoked us to wage war on them. I watched as innocent civilians fell as they walked in the street and knew within my heart that the leaders of this foreign country would turn and come after us with a vengeance and that the devastation would be great. A lot of lives would be lost. Also, in this dream, there was already a great shortage of supplies resulting from this war.

For anyone who may be quick to dismiss these visions as insignificant, you may want to stop and give them some more careful thoughts. When this war comes to a head, then you will know not to lightly dismiss them.

Here is an example of a dream I had which has since been confirmed. In my dream on the night of October 7, 2016, I was on a road trip together with several other individuals. We were all travelling together in my car and driving in the direction of the sun which was big and round but dark. Even though the sun was high in the sky, it was not giving off any light and so it was dark as night all around us.

At the time of this dream, I knew nothing at all about the Total Solar Eclipse predicted by NASA for August 21, 2017. Now lots of people all around the world are talking about it and planning trips just in order to see this great phenomenon, a sign from God Himself as we quickly approach the end of this Age.

I believe that our president’s life may also be in real danger. In another dream as I slept on the night of February 23, 2017, I witnessed an attack on President Trump’s life by an angry mob of people, possibly our own fellow citizens. I couldn’t tell their identities because they were all wearing black hooded coats with the hoods pulled up over their heads. Their backs were turned to me and so I couldn’t see their faces. They beat Trump mercilessly. They held him by his feet then turned him upside down as they repeatedly banged his head against the

hard surface of the ground. President Trump miraculously managed to escape when he ran into the middle of a group of garbage collectors who acted as a human shield for him while he stripped off his coat and gave it to one of them to wear. This person acted as a decoy, giving Trump a chance to leave the area without being spotted. The mob did not notice him as he left nor did they go after his decoy.

This dream could be symbolic of the mental and emotional anguish that Trump is currently enduring as insults are constantly hurled at him from the media as well as from the opposition party. I would imagine that the constant undermining of his istration along with threats of impeachment and of possible criminal charges in the alleged collusion with Russia during his 2016 presidential campaign is not very different from banging someone’s head against the hard surface of the ground.

Trump has big dreams to make this country great again but unless both parties are able to come together and work as one team, this dream will not be realized. A nation that is as divided and as angry at one another as America is today cannot stand. Together we stand strong but divided, the fall will be great.

After predicting the destruction of the Jewish temple, Jesus’ disciples went to Him privately and asked, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?” (Matthew 24:3 NKJV). Jesus then painted for them a very clear picture of the signs of the End. (Matthew 24, Luke 21).

• There will be wars and rumors of wars. • Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. • There will be great earthquakes in various places, famines, and pestilences.

• There will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven. • The seas and the waves will roar and the hearts of men will fail them from fear. • There will be great tribulation, distress, and perplexity impacting every nation on earth. • The anguish will be greater than anything you have ever seen since the world began or ever will see again. • There will be great persecutions of believers. Many will be killed. • You will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. • Many false prophets will rise up. • Many will come in my name saying, “I am Christ” and shall deceive many. • Lawlessness will abound and the love of many will grow cold. • When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near. • When you see what Daniel the prophet spoke about – the sacrilegious object that causes desecration standing in the Holy Place — RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! • Immediately following the tribulation, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from heaven, the powers of the heavens will be shaken and then the Son of Man (Jesus) will appear in clouds of glory and all eyes shall behold him!

I believe that right now, this generation is on the very brink of having all of these prophecies fulfilled. In fact, we see many of these things happening every day. I believe that the end of this Age is fast approaching but if you are a child of God, you need not worry about all that is about to happen because your name is written in heaven.

If you are not a child of God, then you will need to take heed and prepare yourself for anything. Jesus taught, “And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to , but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows” (Matthew 24: 6–8 NKJV).

Wars of any magnitude could very easily change the world in which we live. A Third World War would end civilization as we know it. The Word of God is sure. Wars will come but if your life is hidden with Christ, you need not worry. Whether you survive the war or not, if you are a born-again believer, you will live eternally with Jesus. It is quite possible that even now, God may be willing to spare this nation if we would repent and turn to Him.

On March 18, 2016, Jesus revealed to me in a dream that the Antichrist is already here on earth in bodily form. My daughter and I were together among a large congregation when Jesus appeared to us. He told me that the Antichrist was born of the heathen for this purpose and will walk into the role of the Antichrist at the appointed time. Jesus further said to me, “I do not need to tell him who he is. It will be a self-discovery on his part.”

This indicates to me that the time of the Great Tribulation, the most horrific period that mankind will ever see on the face of this earth, is not too far off. According to the book of Daniel, the Antichrist is a man of war, has fierce countenance and has no regard for the desires of women. He will rise to power with just a few people but his kingdom will quickly thrive because of his cunning craftiness. Before his identity is made known, he will quickly rise up as a dominant world leader and will plunder and kill many mighty people.

Beginning of Sorrows Already Creeping up all Around Us

If you have been keeping up with world events, then you know that the beginning of sorrows has slowly begun to creep up all around us. You have seen the increase in wars and rumors of wars, and in evil and lawlessness. Over the last several months, the numbers of incidents of mass murders, terrorist attacks, rioting and looting around the world that have been reported have been rather astounding.

Jerusalem is continually surrounded by armies and the people of Israel are constantly under attack by their many enemies. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is determined to destroy the Jewish nation of Israel, a people blessed by God above all other nations, and take away the land which God gave to them for an everlasting heritage. Radical Islam has been infiltrating many other nations and pockets of terrorist cells keep popping up all around the globe.

You have seen the devastating earthquakes that have shaken so many nations over the last several years and the hundreds of thousands of lives which have been lost as a result. You have seen the increase in the number and frequency of other natural disasters that have swept through so many nations and the awful aftermaths. You have also seen the increase in droughts and the ravaging famines that have crippled so many third world countries, the many outbreaks of pestilences and contagious diseases. You should be aware also of how fragile the global economic climate has become. It would not take very much at this point in time to tip it right over the edge.

These are only the beginning of sorrows. The worst is yet to come but after the storm comes the calm – one thousand years of peace on earth during the reign of King Jesus upon King David’s throne. (See chapter 7 of The Joys of Heaven Part II for more on this).

Before that time comes, however, many will go through the fire, to test them, to

purge them, and to prepare them for the most glorious time that this earth has ever seen. Those who put their trust in God need not worry because the wrath of God is not for us. It would be wise for all those who still do not know Jesus to consider running to Him for refuge today because outside of Him, they have no protection from what is to come.

Time is Far Spent

It is abundantly clear to me that things are winding down very fast. The time is far spent and three major End Time events are about to unfold – the rapture of the church, the apocalypse and the second coming of Jesus.

Let us watch and be ready so that when Jesus comes to take us home, He will find us ready and waiting. There is no longer time for just business as usual. The Antichrist is already here on earth though not yet revealed to the world! The day is coming very soon when he will quickly rise up as a dominant world leader. It is very possible that this could take place over the next three years. That would definitely bring an end to the world as we know it!

The Antichrist will receive great power and authority from Satan and will defeat many great leaders. He will oppress and trample the whole world under his feet. Through craftiness and deceit, his kingdom will thrive greatly but only for a while. God has appointed a day when He will supernaturally destroy the kingdom of the Antichrist and cast him and his false prophet together alive into a lake of fire (Revelation 19:20). Satan will then be bound for a thousand years and ultimately cast alive into the same lake of fire for all eternity. (Revelation 20:1–10)

The prophet Daniel has had great visions concerning the Antichrist and the time

of the End. In one of his visions, Daniel witnessed a very ferocious fight between a ram and a goat. After this, the angel Gabriel was sent to give Daniel the interpretation of what he saw in the vision. This is what the angel Gabriel said to Daniel:

I am here to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath. What you have seen pertains to the very end of time. The two-horned ram represents the kings of Media and Persia. The shaggy male goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes represents the first king of the Greek Empire. The four prominent horns that replaced the one large horn show that the Greek Empire will break into four kingdoms, but none as great as the first.

At the end of their rule, when their sin is at its height, a fierce king, a master of intrigue, will rise to power. He will become very strong, but not by his own power. He will cause a shocking amount of destruction and succeed in everything he does. He will destroy powerful leaders and devastate the holy people. He will be a master of deception and will become arrogant; he will destroy many without warning. He will even take on the Prince of princes in battle, but he will be broken, though not by human power. (Daniel 8:19–25 NLT)

This fierce king, the master of intrigue, is the Antichrist. He is here in the flesh right now though his identity has not yet been made public. Wars and destructions will follow in his wake. The time will come when he will set himself up as God in the Jewish temple. Jesus warned the Jews that when they see this happen, they should flee because then there will be great tribulation, the likes of which have not been seen since creation.

Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. But woe to those who are pregnant and to those

who are nursing babies in those days! And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened. (Matthew 24:15–22 NKJV)

Jesus then cemented this prophecy with the firm assurance, “Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not away until all these things have happened” (Matthew 24:34 NIV). This prophecy must be fulfilled!

This is what Daniel, the prophet, had to say about the Antichrist with regards to the abomination of desolation. “He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’, he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple, he will set up an abomination that causes desolation until the end that is decreed is poured out on him” (Daniel 9:27 NIV). One ‘seven’ in this scripture refers to a seven-year period.

Based on this prophecy, it is believed that the Antichrist will sign a seven-year peace treaty with Israel at the start of the final seven-year period before the second coming of Jesus. His true identity will not be known at that time. Halfway through this seven year period, when everyone thinks that it is peace and safety, the Antichrist will suddenly break the agreement, set himself up as God in the Jewish temple and command all to worship him.

This is the abomination of desolation that Daniel prophesied about and which the apostle Paul described so eloquently to the Thessalonians. “Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God” (2 Thessalonians 2:3–4 NKJV).

Before this prophecy can be fulfilled, the Jewish Temple would first need to be rebuilt upon the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Since the destruction of the second Jewish Temple in A.D. 70, there has not been a Jewish temple upon this Temple Mount. The Jewish nation of Israel, however, is planning to rebuild and is right now poised and ready to do just that. All they need to get started is the of the two greatest national world leaders, the president of the United States of America and the president of Russia. Considering the relationship that the prime minister of Israel currently has with these two powerful leaders, the possibility that they will stand like King Cyrus the Great, in of Israel rebuilding the temple of the Living God is extremely high.

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying, Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the LORD God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. Who is among you of all His people? May his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel (He is God), which is in Jerusalem. And whoever is left in any place where he dwells, let the men of his place help him with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, besides the freewill offerings for the house of God which is in Jerusalem. (Ezra 1:1–4 NKJV)

Today, the Dome of the Rock, a shrine built by the Palestinian Arabs, stands in the exact spot where the Jewish Temple stood in Biblical history. Beside it stands the Al Aqsa Mosque, the Muslims’ sacred place of prayer. In order for the Jews to rebuild the temple on this holy site, the Dome of the Rock and possibly the Mosque would first need to be removed. This can only come about through war. The Palestinian Arabs are not about to simply walk away from their precious Mosque and shrine without a fight.

I foresee a ferocious war breaking out between the Jewish nation of Israel and the Palestinians with the allies of Israel coming to their aid. This war is inevitable. In one of the dreams that I mentioned earlier, I was rebuilding my house which signifies war. It is definitely possible that this dream is in reference to the Jewish nation of Israel rebuilding the Jewish Temple, the house of the Lord. This could be the beginning of World War III.

The Revealing of the Antichrist

The apostle Paul taught that the lawless one, the son of perdition will not be revealed until the great falling away of the church and the removing of the One who is currently restraining him. (2 Thessalonians 2:1–12). The great falling away of believers has already begun and many of the places of worship we see today are placed there by Satan to deceive many. They are under the authority of people who neither know nor love Jesus but are placed there by Satan to deceive as many people as possible.

The next step in having the identity of the Antichrist revealed is the removing of the One restraining him. The obvious person restraining the Antichrist is the Holy Spirit. There is no other force powerful enough to restrain him as he will receive great power and authority from Satan himself and will be an exact

representation of Satan on earth. This is the imitation of Jesus who is the exact representation of God, the Father.

I believe that the Restrainer, the Holy Spirit, will be removed at the time of the rapture of the church and then the Antichrist will be revealed. Many people may be doing business with him today but do not know it because he is a deceiver and will appear as an angel of light. Be careful to place your trust in God and not in man so that when the Antichrist, who looks just like any other man, is revealed, you will not lose your faith because of him. You will not know his true identity until the One who restrains him is removed and he is revealed. I came face-to-face with him in one vision but did not immediately recognize him because he was disguised to look like Jesus. When he spoke though, there was no mistaking his true identity.

Nature of the Antichrist

John, the disciple of Jesus, who wrote the book of Revelation, also had visions of the Antichrist. In Revelation chapter 13, John recorded that he saw this beast (the Antichrist) rise up out of the sea with seven heads, ten horns and a crown upon each of the ten horns. He also had on each of his heads a blasphemous name. The dragon, Satan, gave him his throne, his power and great authority. John watched as one of his heads was mortally wounded after which the deadly wound was miraculously healed.

The whole world marveled at this and began to worship both Satan and the beast. Power was given to this beast, the Antichrist, to reign for 42 months, three and a half years, after which he opened his mouth to blaspheme against God, His name and all who dwell in heaven. He was given authority to war against the people of God and to overcome them. He was also given authority over every nation, tribe, and language. All the inhabitants of the earth, that is, all those whose names are not written in the Lamb’s book of life will worship him. This

beast, the Antichrist, will set himself up as God and will command all to worship him and those who refuse will be killed.

John also saw a second beast, the false prophet, rise up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb but spoke like a dragon. Like the first beast, he had great power and authority. He performed many great miracles and even caused fire to come down from heaven in the sight of all the people.

This false prophet deceived the people because of the many great miracles which he performed. He commanded the people to make an image of the beast whose deadly wound was healed. He then commanded all to worship the image of the beast and anyone who refused was killed.

He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666. (Revelation 13:15–18 NKJV)

This man is the Antichrist with whom I came face-to-face in a vision. He is already here on earth so be wise. The Antichrist has no mercy or any regard for anyone. He is very cunning and the world’s economy will prosper under his reign but only until the time appointed by God when He will pour out His full wrath upon him. All 21 judgments as recorded in the book of Revelation will be poured out upon the earth, the Antichrist and all those who worship him or his image and receive his mark, his name or his number in their hands or on their foreheads.

Conquests of the Antichrist

The prophet Daniel gave us further details concerning the conquests of the Antichrist:

At the appointed time he shall return and go toward the south; but it shall not be like the former or the latter. For ships from Cyprus shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and return in rage against the holy covenant, and do damage. So he shall return and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant. And forces shall be mustered by him, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place there the abomination of desolation. Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits. And those of the people who understand shall instruct many; yet for many days they shall fall by sword and flame, by captivity and plundering. Now when they fall, they shall be aided with a little help; but many shall with them by intrigue. And some of those of understanding shall fall, to refine them, purify them, and make them white, until the time of the end; because it is still for the appointed time.

Then the king shall do according to his own will: he shall exalt and magnify himself above every god, shall speak blasphemies against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the wrath has been accomplished; for what has been determined shall be done. He shall regard neither the God of his fathers nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall exalt himself above them all. But in their place he shall honor a god of fortresses; and a god which his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and pleasant things. Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain.

At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him; and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter the countries, overwhelm them, and through. He shall also enter the Glorious Land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the prominent people of Ammon. He shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape. He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall follow at his heels. But news from the east and the north shall trouble him; therefore he shall go out with great fury to destroy and annihilate many. And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and no one will help him. (Daniel 11:29–45 NKJV)

What Daniel described above is basically a blood bath. This is not too far off. Only three nations will escape the hand of the Antichrist. These three nations will escape, not because they are mighty and powerful, but because God has provided a place of refuge for the remnant of the Jewish people to flee to once the Antichrist breaks his covenant with them, sets himself up as God in their temple and declares war against them. My take on this is that the Antichrist will not be able to enter these three nations because God’s mighty angels will be standing guard all around them with flaming swords and only the people of God will be allowed in.

I would not be surprised if right at this very moment the Antichrist is getting his army together for battle. According to the vision God gave me, war is imminent. Don’t forget that the Antichrist is already here in the flesh and can only rise to power by plundering and killing many mighty people and destroying their countries. Many nations will go against him in battle but he will defeat them all, then turn and go into their countries and will utterly destroy many.

He will conquer them because he will be operating under supernatural power which he will receive from Satan. Daniel said that he will rise up as a dominant

world leader but not by his own power. As Revelation chapter 13:2 declared, the dragon, Satan, will give him his kingdom, his power and great authority. The Antichrist and his army will eventually be destroyed supernaturally by God. Before that time comes however, they will rain terrors upon this earth and except for the three countries mentioned earlier, many people of all nations, tribes and languages will be killed.

Revelation chapter 13:7 tells us that he will be granted power to war against the saints, that is, all those who believe in Jesus, and to overcome them. He will be given authority over every nation, tribe and language and many will worship him. John heard the following in his vision and recorded it for us in the book of Revelation:

“Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them” (Revelation 14:13 NKJV). Many believers will die because of their faith in Jesus but they will come back to life and will reign with Jesus for a thousand years upon this earth. At the end of this millennial reign, they will enter eternity with Jesus, their mighty Redeemer and King.

A Wake-up Call

This is a wake-up call for one and all. Wake up sleeper! Any day now, the redeemed of the Lord will be going home! Our eternal home in heaven awaits us. You may feel free to us. The invitation to the abundant life was extended to all of us. Jesus is the door to this abundant and eternal life. There is no other way. Seek Him now while there is still time and the rest of us on this journey home to heaven. Invite Jesus into your heart today and secure a place for yourself in His Father’s Kingdom.

The end of your time on earth could come much sooner than you expect. I am not telling you this for you to panic but to enlighten you and to give you the opportunity to brace yourself and prepare for anything. Knowledge is power! Arm yourself with it and with the Word of God. My intention here is not to frighten you but to warn you so that you may have time to prepare yourself for what is coming.

The purpose of these visions that I have shared with you is to help the unsaved to make the right decision to seek God while there is still time and to help believers to walk more closely with God. It is to help each of us prepare our hearts and our minds to meet our most holy and righteous God. It is necessary for each of us to rededicate our lives to God and to walk in a deeper and more meaningful relationship with Him. Pay careful attention, watch and be ready or the Day of Wrath will come upon you as a snare! Open your eyes wide and stay on the alert or you will be plunged suddenly into the Great Tribulation like a sudden and unexpected fall into a bottomless pit in the dark of night.

Now would be a good time for each of us to re-evaluate our priorities and make Jesus our very top priority. This time calls for repentance and rededicating our lives to God. I pray that you will give Jesus first place in your life and give Him all the reverence due to His holy Name. Love Him and worship Him with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength. Seek to build a personal relationship with Him through daily prayer and devotion. Spend lots of time reading your Bible, meditating on the Word of God and singing songs of praise and worship.

It is also very important for every child of God to consider spending more time in fellowship with other believers. It is important to come together in love and in unity so that we may build, strengthen, and encourage one another. Let us also seek daily to bring the lost and our entire families and friends into the fold so that together, we may watch and pray and wait patiently for the return of our Lord. “And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching” (Hebrews 10:24–25 NKJV). Let us strengthen one another in love.

The year 2019 and leading into 2020, the final year of the countdown, should be of great interest. If you read the prologue at the beginning of this book, then you already know that the countdown began on July 26, 2017, just five days after this book was first published. It began half-way through President Trump’s first year in office and will reach completion on July 24, 2020, half-way through his fourth year as president of the United States of America.

According to the vision I received, it will be the end of the world as we know it! Just to be absolutely clear, this does not mean that the world will come to an end on July 24, of the year 2020. This is not what I am saying at all. The Bible teaches clearly that following the return of King Jesus to earth, there will be another one thousand years before this heaven or this earth es away. As of this current time, we are still looking forward, with great longing, to the imminent return of King Jesus – Israel’s Messiah and Savior of the whole world.

What I am saying therefore, is that you can expect to see some revolutionary type events taking place over this three-year period. These events will bring about a radical change to the world as we know it. These changes could possibly include the way we do business. It is very possible that at this time, everyone may be required to take the mark of the beast, his name or his number, 666, in order to do business. Without this mark, you will not be able to buy or sell anything, but with it you will be doomed for all eternity. Do NOT take this mark!

A Vision of the Last 24 Hours before the Earth goes up in Flames

In a vision I had on December 28, 2016, Jesus sat beside me cradling a watch in the palm of his hands. As I watched, the minute hand moved and suddenly we were within the final 24 hours before this earth and everything on it would go up in flames. Immediately I stood up, projected my voice and spontaneously started to preach to the multitude of people in the valleys all around us. I warned them to repent and turn to Jesus or they will perish for all eternity. I spoke alternatively in English and in an unknown language warning them that the whole earth and everything in it will go up in flames after the next 24 hours. Everything would be burnt, lock, stock and barrel, and unless they repent and turn to Jesus now, they, too, will be burnt. Nothing would be left! People started to come up to me for prayer. I laid my hands on each one as they came up and prayed for God to forgive them of their sins, baptize them with the Holy Spirit and seal them for the kingdom of heaven. Ashley was right by my side as I preached. I did not need a microphone because my voice projected as loudly as any mike could have.

The Bible also speaks very clearly of this day. “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, and all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up,” says the LORD OF HOSTS, “THAT WILL LEAVE THEM NEITHER ROOT NOR BRANCH. BUT TO YOU WHO FEAR MY NAME THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL ARISE WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS; AND YOU SHALL GO OUT AND GROW FAT LIKE STALL-FED CALVES. YOU SHALL TRAMPLE THE WICKED, FOR THEY SHALL BE ASHES UNDER THE SOLES OF YOUR FEET ON THE DAY THAT I DO this,” says the LORD OF HOSTS” (MALACHI 4:1–3 NKJV). God promised that He will send Elijah, the prophet, before this great and terrible Day of the Lord to reunite the hearts of the fathers and their children lest He comes and strikes the earth with a curse.

This day of the Lord is coming very soon. I am not saying that it will come in the year 2020. I am not saying either that the Antichrist will be revealed in the year 2020 or even that the earth will go up in flames then. Any number of significant End Time events could take place during that year. It could be the start of the final seven-year period. It could be the rapture of the church which could actually take place at any moment between now and then or even after. It

could be the start of the Great Tribulation when God will pour out His full wrath upon the Antichrist and all those who do wickedly upon the earth.

All I can tell you is what I saw and heard and what has been revealed to me. Paul taught, “For we know in part and we prophesy in part” (1 Corinthians 13:9 NIV). What I am saying, therefore, is that you need to stay on the alert and prepare your heart to meet Jesus. Jesus taught in the gospel according to Matthew:

But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. (Matthew 24:36–42 NKJV)

Put Your Trust in God and not in Your Own Abilities

Buying up enough food for the next three to seven years or more and going underground will not help you. When your time comes, there will be nothing that you will be able to do to stop it. Jesus is your only hope. He is always here and He will protect you if you put your trust in Him. Call upon Him now! He will hear you and will answer your call. He will save you! Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. Nothing and no one else will be able to help you. If when your time comes, you are not ready spiritually to meet Jesus, what then? It would have been too late. All hope would have been lost.

Jesus very beautifully and eloquently drove home this point in His parable of the rich young fool:

Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully. And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’ So he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.”’ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’ “So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” (Luke 12:16–21 NKJV)

The first thing we normally do when we hear of impending wars or natural disasters is go into an emergency preparedness mode. We buy up lots of nonperishable food items, water, flashlights, batteries, candles, matches, etc., and we secure our homes. While this is important and should be encouraged, very few of us however pay attention to the one thing that is most important – our souls. No matter how prepared we think we are, any one of us could become victim to man-made or natural disasters or we could die at any time. If our souls were not right with God at the time of our death, what then? Where will we spend our long eternity? Jesus addressed this in His discourse to his disciples:

Then He said to His disciples, ‘Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds? And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest? Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you,

O you of little faith?’ And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind. For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you need these things. But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you. (Luke 12:22–30 NKJV)

In the same way, I am saying to you today, don’t worry about the physical or material side of things. Take care of your soul first. Make sure you are fully reconciled to God and He will take care of the rest.

A lot will be happening over the next three years. We are entering into a very difficult period in the history of mankind. The face of the world, as I can see, is already beginning to change but not for the better. Be strong and courageous however and put your trust in Jesus. Regardless of whatever the world may be like three years from now, He will still be in control and so the redeemed of the Lord need not be afraid. God is with us! He goes before us and behind us. He surrounds us always. Our confidence is in Jesus who loves us and gave His life for us. He is all-powerful and holds the entire future in His hands. The whole world is in His hands.

Those who do not know Jesus (Yeshua) as their Lord, have every reason to be afraid because they are not under the protection of the Messiah, our mighty Redeemer. Without the blood of Jesus covering them, they have nothing to shield them but “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, even though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though its waters roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with its swelling” (Psalm 46:1–3 NKJV).

As the redeemed of the Lamb, the people of God are not alarmed or should not be alarmed by what is happening around us or by what is about to happen because we knew it would someday come to . The Bible tells us plainly that in the last days, perilous times will come and so we have been expecting them

and are well prepared for anything. We are living in troubling times right now but our God will protect and deliver all those who put their trust in Him.

You may well be aware of the current volatility in the Middle East due to the constant wars. Radical Islamists are responsible for much of these wars and have started to infiltrate many other parts of the world, leaving terror and destruction in their wake. These killings are being done in the name of their God, Allah. Jesus prophesied that, “The time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God” (John 16:2 NIV).

In the minds of these terrorists, they are offering service to God when they kill anyone who does not embrace their religion. In reality though, we know that they do these things because they neither know Jesus nor His Father. God is love and if they knew and loved Him, then they would also love people of other religions and not kill them. Jesus promised that if we are faithful even unto death, we shall wear a crown of life. Be faithful, therefore, even until death.

The closer we get to the start of the Tribulation period, the worse these killings will get but God has set aside a time of judgment when he will deal with all the wicked. At the end of this dispensation of Grace, God will pour out three sets of seven judgments upon the earth. Each set of judgments will be worse than the last set. The full wrath of our Almighty God will be poured out upon all the wicked, the kingdom of the Antichrist and upon everyone who takes the mark of the beast, his name or his number, that is, 666, and worships him or his image. You may read about these judgments in great detail in the book of Revelation starting with chapter six through nineteen. I summarize them for you below.

The Seven Seal Judgments

The Holy Spirit took John out into the future and showed Him great details concerning what will come at the end of this Age. As each seal was opened, John saw the following (Rev. 6:1–17, 8:1–5):

1. A white horse. The rider of this horse had a bow and was given a crown. He went out as a mighty conqueror. 2. A fiery red horse. This rider was given a great sword and power to take peace from the earth so that people would kill one another. 3. A black horse. This rider had a pair of scales in his hand. Widespread famine followed in his wake. 4. A pale horse. The name of this rider was Death. He was given the power to kill one fourth of the earth with the sword, with hunger, with death and by the beasts of the earth. 5. Under the altar, the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for their testimony. They asked of God, how long until He avenge their blood upon those who dwell upon the earth? They were given white garments to wear and told to wait a little while longer until the full number of their fellow believers who would be killed as they were, was completed. 6. A great earthquake followed by cosmic chaos. The sun became black, the moon became like blood, the stars of heaven fell, like figs to the earth, the sky rolled up like a scroll and receded and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. When all the people upon the earth saw this, they became very frightened and afraid. They ran and hid themselves in the rocks and in the caves. They pleaded with the rocks and the mountains to fall on them and to hide them because the Day of God’s wrath had come and no one was able to stand. 7. Silence in heaven for half an hour. Then, out of this seventh seal, seven angels came forth and were given seven trumpets. Another angel came forth with a golden censer and stood at the altar. He was given a lot of incense to offer up with the prayer of the saints. After the smoke of the incense and the prayers of the saints went up before God, the angel filled the censer with fire from the altar and threw it down upon the earth. As he did that, John heard noises, thunderings, lightning, and saw an earthquake.

I believe that the first four of the seven Seal Judgments that John saw was the fulfillment of a judgment decreed by God before the death of Moses, the prophet. Just prior to Moses’ death, God predicted that the people of Israel would break their covenant and turn away from Him to serve other gods and to do abominable things in His sight. Because of this God promised that many troubles and evils would befall them. He gave Moses the words of a song to teach them as a witness for Him against the people of Israel.

God swore, because of their continual unfaithfulness, “I will heap disasters on them; I will spend My arrows on them. They shall be wasted with hunger, devoured by pestilence and bitter destruction; I will also send against them the teeth of beasts, with the poison of serpents of the dust. The sword shall destroy outside; There shall be terror within for the young man and virgin, the nursing child with the man of gray hairs” (Deut. 32:23–25 NKJV).

In the first four Seal Judgments, the first rider, who is believed to be the Antichrist, stepped forth with his bow as a mighty conqueror and in His wake followed death by the sword, by famine, and by wild beasts. The pestilences and the poison of beasts with tails like serpents will come later as the judgments progress. Once peace is taken from the earth, wars will result. People will kill one another and even the innocent children will be destroyed in the fierce battles that will erupt between nations as each nation tries to completely wipe out the other. One fourth of the earth’s population will die from these first four judgments alone!

The current world population is approximately 7.4 billion people. One-quarter of this would be 1.85 billion. If the world’s population remains the same at the time of God’s wrath, 1.85 billion people will be killed by these four judgments alone! Those who did not die as a result of the wars will die from hunger and starvation and the rest from ferocious wild beasts. These are God’s judgments. He will be completely in control. He will set them off and who can stop Him? These judgments will affect every inhabitant of the earth, not just the people of Israel.

Despite the fact that there are so many God-fearing people today, each generation seems more sinful than the last one. God knew long ago what the whole world would be like today. He has appointed a day when He will pour out His full wrath upon the earth and upon mankind, because so many refuse to turn away from worshipping idols, demons, Satan, practicing witchcraft and from doing other abominable things upon the earth.

God spoke to the prophet, Ezekiel, about this great time of judgment:

The word of the LORD CAME AGAIN TO ME, SAYING: “SON OF MAN, WHEN A LAND SINS AGAINST ME BY PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS, I WILL STRETCH OUT MY HAND AGAINST IT; I WILL CUT OFF ITS SUPPLY OF BREAD, SEND FAMINE ON IT, AND CUT OFF MAN AND BEAST FROM IT. Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness,” says the Lord GOD. “HOW MUCH MORE IT SHALL BE WHEN I SEND MY FOUR SEVERE JUDGMENTS ON JERUSALEM—THE SWORD AND FAMINE AND WILD BEASTS AND PESTILENCE—TO CUT OFF MAN AND BEAST FROM IT? YET BEHOLD, THERE SHALL BE LEFT IN IT A REMNANT WHO WILL BE BROUGHT OUT, both sons and daughters; surely they will come out to you, and you will see their ways and their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, all that I have brought upon it. And they will comfort you, when you see their ways and their doings; and you shall know that I have done nothing without cause that I have done in it,” says the Lord GOD. (EZEKIEL 14:12 –14, 21–23 NKJV)

Because of the persistent unfaithfulness of the people of this world, God will bring judgment upon the whole earth and no one will be able to stop Him. As God said, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job, three great pillars of righteousness and faith, were alive at the time of His wrath, they would not be able to deliver anyone but themselves. Because of their righteousness, they would be delivered but they would be powerless to help anyone else. On the Day of God’s wrath, the righteous will be delivered but they will be powerless to deliver anyone else, even their loved ones. Each man will have to answer to God for himself. God will spare them if they repent and turn to Him but if not, their end will be bitter.

Jesus is a very merciful God, very patient and quick to forgive but there comes a time when He gets tired of forgiving the same sin over and over again. There comes a time when He puts His feet down firmly and says, “Enough is enough!”

“You have forsaken Me,” says the Lord, “You have gone backward. Therefore I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you; I am weary of relenting!” (Jeremiah 15:6 NKJV). We cannot be angry at God or blame Him for the judgments that are about to come down upon every inhabitant of the earth. We brought it down upon ourselves by our sinful and abominable behaviors! Those who repent will be saved but those who do not will be utterly destroyed. Because of God’s great love for mankind, He sent His one and only Son to redeem us but many would rather die in their sins than put their trust in God’s only Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.

I am going to share briefly with you a vision I shared in great detail in my first book. In this vision, a soldier wielded his sword at me in a very threatening way and demanded to know where my father was. Immediately Jesus appeared by my side and stood in the place of my father. I ran straight into His arms crying, “Jesus, I love you! I love you so much, Jesus!”

It was such a relief and a joy to see Him! As He held me in His warm and comforting embrace He said to me, “This is the last time that you will see me before my crucifixion.” I didn’t realize then that I would someday see Him upon the cross in another vision. Anyway, As Jesus turned to walk away with His disciples, I heard Him say to them, “This is perfect; this is exactly the right size –just what we were looking for.” He said this as the disciples walked into what looked like a vault and so I assumed at first that that was what He was referring to.

Before He ed them, Jesus stood, staring straight ahead, and laughed uncontrollably for a very long time. His teeth were dazzling white, unusually large, and each formed a perfect square. As He stood there laughing, I noticed great details about His attire. They were tan in color and appeared to be wellworn. They were almost raggedy in appearance. Jesus was dressed in clothing of that era with much of His legs visible. His skin was darkened due to long exposure to the sunlight. He was tall and slender and His hair short and wavy. He was dressed like the poor in society, the people with whom He identified. He was very humble and lowly in appearance but at the same time, very highly intelligent.

When I saw Jesus staring straight ahead and laughing so uncontrollably, I felt protective of Him. It seemed weird that He was the only one laughing. No one else knew what He was laughing at. His disciples and I stood staring at Him. Now that He has called me to write this book, I suddenly understand why He was laughing like that. Jesus came to this world as a poor and humble servant. He came to extend salvation to one and all. He willingly laid down His life as a sacrifice for our sins and bids us come and fellowship with Him. He bids us to take freely of the abundant life that He offers. The wicked, however, laughed at Him and mocked Him scornfully. They did not answer His call or accept the hand that He extended to them. They refused to take counsel from the only wise God. Instead they go on living recklessly in sin.

God promised that when their day of calamity comes, He will laugh at them. In

this vision, Jesus stood staring into the future and saw the day of their calamity coming and laughed just like He said He would. Even now, He is still calling people everywhere to repentance, but when the Day of Judgment comes, there will be no mercy for those who continually reject God and do detestable things upon the earth. King Solomon explains this concept beautifully in the book of Proverbs chapter one.

Wisdom calls aloud outside; she raises her voice in the open squares. She cries out in the chief concourses, at the openings of the gates in the city she speaks her words: “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge. Turn at my rebuke; surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded, because you disdained all my counsel, and would have none of my rebuke, I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes, when your terror comes like a storm, and your destruction comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you. Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me. Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord, they would have none of my counsel and despised my every rebuke. Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled to the full with their own fancies. For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them; but whoever listens to me will dwell safely, and will be secure, without fear of evil. (Proverbs 1:20–33 NKJV)

The Seven Trumpet Judgments

John watched as the seven angels who were revealed when the seventh seal was opened prepared to sound their trumpets. As each of the first six angels sound his trumpet, John saw the following catastrophic events take place (Rev. 8:6 –13, 9:1–21):

1. Hail and fire mingled with blood thrown to the earth. One third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. 2. Something that looked like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. As it hit the water, one-third of the sea became blood, one-third of living creatures in the sea died, and one-third of the ships were destroyed. 3. A great star named Wormwood fell from heaven, burning like a torch. It fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. One-third of the waters became wormwood (bitter), and many people died from the water because it immediately became bitter. 4. One-third of the sun, the moon, and the stars were struck and became darkened. The sun did not shine for one-third of the day. The moon and the stars did not shine either for one-third of the night. 5. A star fell from heaven to the earth. To this star the key to the bottomless pit was given. When he opened the bottomless pit, smoke arose from it as one would expect to see from a great furnace. The sun and the atmosphere became darkened by the blackness of the smoke. Locusts that look like horses prepared for battle stepped out of the smoke and unto the earth. On their heads were crowns that looked like they were made of gold. They had faces like men, hair like women, and teeth like that of a lion. They were wearing breastplates of iron. Their wings, as they flew, sounded like chariots with many horses running into battle. Their tails were like that of scorpions with stings in them. They were given power, like scorpions, to torment with their stings, all those people who do not have the seal of God upon their heads. They were not given authority to kill them, but only to torment them for five months. They were commanded not to harm the grass, or the trees, or any green thing upon the earth but only those people who do not bear the seal of God. These people will desire death and will seek to die but death will flee from them. 6. John heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God. This voice asked the sixth angel with the trumpet to release the four angels who were bound at the great river Euphrates. These angels had been prepared for this moment, to kill one third of mankind. These angels were accompanied by a great army of horsemen, two hundred million in number. John saw the horses and riders in his visions. The riders had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow. The heads of the horses were like the heads of

lions. There was fire, smoke, and brimstone coming out of their mouths and with these weapons, they killed one third of mankind. The horses’ tails were like the heads of serpents and with them they did great harm to the people living on earth. John recorded that despite the hundreds of millions of people who were killed by these plagues, the people who were left on earth did not repent of their evil deeds but continued to worship demons and idols and to do wickedly in the sight of God.

When the seventh angel sounded His trumpet, there were shouts of victory in heaven. The final wrath of God, the Seven Bowl Judgments, was about to be poured out upon the earth. God was about to finally destroy all the wicked who dwell on the earth and reward His servants – the prophets, the saints, and all those who fear His name, both small and great.

7. “There were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!” And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God…Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail” (Revelation 11:15, 16, 19 NKJV).

Opening the temple of God and showing the ark of His covenant at this point is a sign of victory, very similar to the victorious party in a battle raising his flag.

The Seven Bowl Judgments

The first two sets of judgments have ed. The third and final, packed with the full fury of God’s wrath, is about to begin. John heard a loud voice coming from

the temple of God. It instructed the seven angels with the seven bowl judgments to pour out their bowls upon the earth. One by one, they obey this command. (Revelation 16:1–21)

1. As the first angel poured out his bowl upon the earth, foul and loathsome sores broke out all over the bodies of the people who had the mark of the Beast, the name or number of the Antichrist and who worshiped him or his image. 2. The second angel poured out his bowl upon the sea. The water immediately turned into blood like that of a dead person. Every living creature in the sea died as a result. 3. The third angel poured out his bowl upon the rivers and springs of water. They immediately turned into blood. 4. The fourth angel poured his bowl upon the sun. As he did this, the sun was given power to scorch people with fire. Rather than repenting and turning to God, the people blasphemed the name of God even as they were being scorched with this intense heat. 5. The fifth angel poured out his bowl upon the throne of the Beast, that is, upon the throne of the Antichrist. His entire kingdom was plunged into darkness. People began to gnaw their tongues in great agony and curse God because of their pains and sores but still refused to repent of their iniquities. 6. The sixth angel poured out her bowl upon the great river Euphrates. Immediately its waters dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East. John saw three demonic spirits coming out of the mouths of the dragon [Satan], the Beast [Antichrist], and the false prophet. These demons went out to all the kings or leaders of the whole earth and gathered them together for battle in a place called, in the Hebrew language, Armageddon. 7. “Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, “It is done!” And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth. Now the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And great Babylon was ed before God, to give her

the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath. Then every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great” (Revelation 16:17– 21 NKJV).

Vision of a Strange Planet

My daughter, Ashley, now ten years old, had a vision of planet earth during the Great Tribulation. She didn’t recognize it because it looked so strange. She said that in her dream, she found herself on a strange planet with both her dad and me. While on this planet she heard a radio announcement that stated that within two weeks, the sun will scorch the people with extreme heat. She warned the people of this and told them to get off the planet right away but no one would believe her and so they refused to get off. The three of us were the only ones who managed to get off this strange planet just before the sun started to scorch the people with intense heat.

This earth will look like a strange place during the tribulation period because of all the fierce judgments that will be rained down upon it and upon mankind. It will be the end of the world as we know it!

The Church of Jesus Christ will Triumph!

The kingdoms of this world will ultimately become the kingdoms of our God, King Jesus, and He will reign forever and forever. The people of God know what the end of this world will be and so we are not afraid because God is in total control. Even though evil and lawlessness are constantly on the increase throughout all the nations of the world and will gradually get worse, the children

of God need not be troubled by it because God is with us. We are not afraid because God lives in us and so it will be alright even if it means dying for His name’s sake.

Jesus warned His disciples that a great time of testing will be coming upon all the inhabitants of the earth to test them. This is the Great Tribulation and a time of great judgments upon the earth as described in this chapter. While no one knows for sure exactly when this will take place, we know that the time is near because of the season we are living in.

In addition to this, as I have stated before, I received these prophetic words in a vision, “Three more years before the end of the world as we know it!” God’s wrath is not for us, however, and so we are not troubled by the many signs of the End Times that we see. It simply means that we are so much closer now to the rapture of the church of Jesus Christ when we will bid farewell to this world and all its troubles and will sail upwards with Jesus to our eternal home in the kingdom of heaven.

We who put our trust in God need not be afraid because God is our refuge and strength. His wrath is not for us. He will protect us and at the time appointed, the church will be raptured. We have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb slain on the cross at Mount Calvary. His blood will cover us! If you have made Jesus Christ your Lord then, whatever may happen over the next three years and beyond, you need not be afraid. For as long as Jesus lives inside your heart, it will be well with you.

The apostle Paul taught:

But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord

so comes as a thief in the night. For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing. (1 Thessalonians 5:1–11 NKJV)

The apostle Paul made it clear that those of us who have obtained salvation through Jesus Christ will not have the wrath of God poured out upon us. Whether we die prior to the rapture or are alive at the time of it, we will all be with the Lord, that is, we will all be caught up in the rapture and will be spared from the wrath to come. We will escape the wrath of God which will be poured out upon the earth during the Great Tribulation. As the apostle Paul taught, let us all comfort one another with these words.

If you place your life in the hands of Jesus, He will give you a way out. Give Him your heart and He will give you His Father’s kingdom. He has provided a way for us to escape the terrors of the Antichrist and of the great judgments to come upon the earth. The rapture of the church is our way of escaping all that is to come. Every born-again believer will be caught up in the rapture. The others will be left behind. Give Jesus first place in your life. Build a personal relationship with Him through daily prayer, meditation and studying of the Holy Bible and you too will be in the rapture.

It is very obvious to me that the apostle Paul taught extensively on events leading up to the rapture and the second coming of Jesus to the churches he planted. He taught them all these things to enlighten them and to prepare them so

that they will not be troubled when these things start to come to . In his letter to the Thessalonians, he wrote, “Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. Do you not that when I was still with you I told you these things?” (2 Thessalonians 2:1–2, 5 NKJV).

Jesus also prepared His disciples well in advance so that they would not stumble or become troubled or afraid when they see certain things coming to . “These things I have spoken to you that you should not be made to stumble. They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service. And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me. But these things I have told you, that when the time comes, you may that I told you of them” (John 16: 1–4 NKJV).

It is very important for every believer and the world at large to know what to expect with regards to End Time events as we see the time of the End quickly approaching. This way, no one will become frightened when they see certain End Time events start to take place. This is the reality of the world in which we live today. We are seeing many of the signs of the End of the Age that Jesus prophesied about coming to . Tough times are ahead and many of us will be persecuted and some will even be put to death. Actually, this is the current reality for many believers in the Middle East and I don’t expect that it will go away any time soon. The persecution of Christians seems to be escalating every day. The freedom of religion that we have in this country is now threatened and there is always the possibility that Christians in the United States of America may soon be forced to go underground in order to stay alive. You need not be afraid, however. Be strong and courageous for God is with us. “Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:58 NKJV).

The church of Jesus Christ will triumph through all these things by the blood of

the Lamb slain upon the cross at Mount Calvary and by the words of our testimony. We will be faithful even unto death! We have tasted of God’s Holy Spirit, a deposit guaranteeing our future glory and are marching forward, a church triumphant, to victory. We will not waver or be discouraged because the love of Jesus, our beloved Bridegroom, burns brightly and ionately in our hearts.

Like the five wise virgins, with oil in our lamps and extra oil in our vessels, we will not be afraid but will boldly go out at midnight to meet our beloved Bridegroom. This suffering that we currently endure will be just for a little while longer. As my daughter prophesied to her dad and me in one vision, “All of this will soon be over and we will be with Jesus for all eternity.” Very soon now, our wonderful and loving Redeemer will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God and we will be caught up to meet Him in the air!

Watch and Pray

Jesus taught “Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to , and to stand before the Son of Man” (Luke 21:36 NKJV). In His letter to the church in Philadelphia, Jesus sent the following message, “Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth” (Revelation 3:10 NKJV). These ages the view that the rapture of the church will take place prior to the start of the Tribulation period.

There are other scriptures that the possibility of the rapture taking place sometime after the Tribulation has started. One that readily comes to mind is found in one of Paul’s epistles, “Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at

the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed” (1 Corinthians 15: 51–52 NKJV).

As you may recall, there will be three sets of seven judgments that will be poured out during the Tribulation period – the Seal Judgments, the Trumpet Judgments and the Bowl Judgments. If the sound of the trumpet that Paul is referencing here will come from the last of the seven Trumpet Judgments, then the church will be here for much of the Tribulation period.

It is important therefore not to try to place too much emphasis on the exact timing of the rapture because the truth is, no one but God knows for sure. There is a very good reason why Jesus said, “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only” (Matthew 24:36 NKJV).

It is given to us however to know the season in which He will appear because Jesus also said, “Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near” (Luke 21:31 NIV).

The important thing for each of us to do is to make sure that we are always ready. This way, whether the rapture comes just before the first of the seven Seal Judgments is broken, sometime after the start of the Great Tribulation or even at the end of that horrifying period, we will be ready to be caught up to meet our dear Lord. Whether the church is here during the Great Tribulation or not, God’s wrath will not be for us. The seal of God will be upon all those who put their trust in Him and they will dwell safely. Be strong and courageous therefore and do not be afraid.

Regardless of the exact timing of the rapture, we know that we are in the right season for it because of all the End Time prophecies which are now being fulfilled around us. The persecution of Christians around the world has

escalated, and sin and lawlessness have reached new heights. All around the world, there are reports of mass murders and some really barbaric murders in other places such as the gruesome murders of white farmers in South Africa. To top it all off, the morality of so many has sunken to an all-time low.

Society, on a whole, seems so confused these days about what is right and what is wrong and the conscience of so many seems to be controlled by something truly evil. Paul prophesied, “Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth” (1 Timothy 4:1–3 NKJV).

It is very clear to me that we are in the last days and are fighting a spiritual warfare. It doesn’t take a whole lot to discern that there are evil forces of darkness fighting against the people of God in an effort to undermine our God and to deceive many. It is also very obvious to me that Satan has unleashed demonic spirits upon the earth and that they are controlling the minds of all those engaged in the barbaric acts against humanity that we are currently seeing. Paul declared “We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 6:12 NKJV).

God, however, is still on the throne and is still in control. If we put our trust in Him and not in our own understanding, He will see us through. Unless they repent and turn to God, all the wicked will be punished as the wrath of God is poured out during the Great Tribulation but as the apostle Paul assured us, the wrath of God is not for those who have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus.

In Revelation chapter 9:4, the locusts were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on

their foreheads. Therefore, those who are redeemed by the blood of the Lamb will have the seal of God on their foreheads and need not worry while the terror of God reigns down upon the wicked because they will be well protected. Jesus assured me in a recent vision that as the war rages on outside the walls of my house, my family and I will be well-fed and safe inside.

In this vision just before I woke up on the morning of March 25, 2017, Jesus appeared to my family and me in our home. When I saw Him, He was reclining on a sofa at the head of the kitchen table which was pushed up against one wall. On top of the table were several fountains of flowing water which started to spout on me as I walked back and forth alongside the table.

I was directed by someone standing by to hold a spoon under the flowing water. As the water flowed onto the spoon, I drank from it. As I walked around the table with the fountain water spraying on me, Jesus pronounced a bleson me and my family. I can’t his exact words but it was a promise to keep us safe inside even as the war gets heated up outside our four walls and in the world all around us.

With my heart overflowing with joy and filled with a very deep gratitude, I walked over to Jesus and held Him in a really warm embrace. I then started circling around the furniture in each room of our house and thanking God for His blessings and His protection.

Place your trust in Jesus therefore and do not be afraid. He will supply everything you need in great abundance and will save you from the wrath to come.

The Rapture of the Church

As I witnessed in one vision, the rapture of the church will be sudden and without warning. If you are not ready when it comes, you will not have time to prepare. At the second coming of Jesus, there will be a gathering of the saints to Him. This however is a separate event from the rapture of the church. In Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonians, he wrote concerning the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, that that day will not come until two great events take place. The first is the falling away of believers, that is, the great apostasy. The second is the revealing of the son of perdition, the lawless one, also known as the Antichrist. (2 Thessalonians 2:1–4)

Paul’s teaching of the coming of Jesus and the gathering of the saints to Him is in line with the teachings of Jesus in the gospel according to Matthew chapter 24. Jesus prophesied to His disciples that at the end of the tribulation period, He will descend from heaven in clouds of glory and will send His angels to gather His elect.

Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. (Matthew 24:29– 31 NKJV)

I believe that the elect referenced here refers to the remnant of the Jews and all those who will come to know Jesus during the Great Tribulation and who managed to survive the horrors of it. At the end of this horrific period, the triumphant King Jesus will return to earth in clouds of glory and will send His angels to gather these loved ones to Him. All those saved during the Dispensation of Grace, Messianic Jews and Gentile believers alike, would have already been raptured.

The rapture will be sudden and without warning. There will be no time for the ‘gathering’ of the saints at this time since the word “gathering” suggests that some amount of time will be consumed in performing this task. The rapture of the church will happen in a split second.

At the time of the rapture, Jesus Himself will descend from heaven and every child of God, those who died in Christ and those who are still alive and remain faithful, will rise to meet Him in the air. This will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye. What a grand and glorious moment that will be!

Consider the great honor that God has bestowed upon the church, the Bride of Christ. Jesus could very easily have sent His angels to get us and we would have considered it a great privilege to be transported by angels to heaven. Jesus however, has so much more in store for us! Before His crucifixion, He promised His disciples that He will be going to prepare a place for us in His Father’s kingdom and that He will someday come back for us so that we may be with Him forever.

Jesus Himself, the great King of all kings and Lord of all lords, will descend from heaven at the sound of a trumpet to meet us in the air and to escort us back to heaven where we will be with Him for all eternity.

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:16–17 NKJV)

Can you imagine that? Our mighty Redeemer will descend from heaven to meet us in the air! In that moment, our bodies will change from mortal to immortal! We will receive glorious new bodies and will see King Jesus in all His glory! This is an extremely high honor and unspeakable joy for all the people of God! There will be no parting after this. We shall be with Him forever! We are His Bride!

A Quick Recap

Let me quickly sum up for you the high points of the message that I am trying to get across to you. As I stated earlier, someone, presumably an angel, spoke to me in a recent dream saying, “You will be caught up to the third heaven next.” This was in reference to the rapture of the church.

Several months earlier, in another vision, Jesus placed crystal-clear glass cylinders of water before my daughter and me and with great urgency in His voice, told us to quickly take it to everyone in order to prepare them to be caught up in the rapture. He revealed to my daughter that we all will need to drink of this water before we can be caught up to meet Him. He was moving at lightning speed when He appeared to us and in a flash, He was gone again.

In a more recent vision, Jesus revealed to me that He will be coming back soon and impressed upon me my duty to share this knowledge with others in order to prepare them for His coming. There is a great sense of urgency surrounding the rapture of the church and Jesus’ second coming. The rapture could take place at any moment. Let’s look at these and some other visions in the order in which I received them to get a clearer picture of what they reveal.

• Jesus commissioned my daughter and me to quickly prepare everyone to be

caught up in the rapture. (Feb. 2015). • Someone, possibly an angel, spoke to me saying, “You are going to be caught up into the third heaven next!” (Aug. 2015). • Saw America under siege and overpowered by a large army of terrorists coming off the ocean, that is, from a foreign country. (October 2015). • In my dream, our daughter, now ten years old, prophesied to her dad and me saying, “All of this will soon be over and we will be with Jesus for all eternity.” (November 2015). • A stranger, possibly an angel, spoke to me in a dream saying, “You have another three to four more books inside of you. (January 2016). This came just a few months after publishing my first book, Beholding His Glory. • Witnessed high rise building in a large city go up in flames and saw America engulfed in a chemical warfare. (March 4, 2016). • Jesus revealed to me that the Antichrist is already here. He was born of the heathen for this purpose and will walk right into his destiny at the appointed time. (March 16, 2016). • Jesus spoke to me saying, “I have placed some books inside of you. You will need to vomit them up.” (July 2016). • Jesus revealed to me that His return is imminent and impressed upon me my duty to go tell others in order that they might prepare themselves for His coming. (August 2016). • Heard the announcement, “Three more years before the end of the world as we know it!” The year 2019 immediately stood out in my mind. (September 2016.) • Received two visions of the rapture within the same month. Saw the rapture take place in a flash. It was sudden and without warning. (November 2016) • In dream that spanned two nights, I was rebuilding my house which means war is imminent! (December 2016). • Witnessed an attack on the president of the United States of America by an

angry mob of people dressed in black hooded coats. (February 2017). • In my dream, I sat with my arms wrapped around my daughter, Ashley, as I said to her, “Any moment now, we will be caught up and will be with Jesus forever.” She asked, “Will I still be your daughter?” I responded, “We will be like sisters and Jesus will be our Father.” (March 9, 2017). • In my dream, my daughter, Ashley, a sister in the faith who will remain nameless, and I were walking along a road on a cool day. As we looked up, we noticed several streaks of red against the blue of the sky. We were very concerned when we saw it and thought it was something that everyone needed to pay attention to. It looked like streaks of blood across the sky. My daughter then said to us, “The sky means war.” I looked at her and asked, “How do you know that? Who told you that?” She said, “God told me.” I then asked astonishingly, “You spoke to Jesus?” Immediately I woke from my sleep and realized that war is indeed imminent and that the rapture could take place at any moment. (March 9, 2017).

Do you get the picture? Each vision reveals a little bit more until now, we have a complete picture before us. The rapture of the church could take place at any moment! War is imminent and could either precede or follow the rapture. In fact, the rapture could take place at any moment before, during, or after the war.

What I do know with a great degree of certainty is that a major war will be bearing down upon us very soon. This war may start with the United States of America as I witnessed in my dream but, will it end there? I doubt that very much! This may be the war that triggers one or more of the major End Time wars as recorded in the Bible.

The book of Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39 speaks of the war of Gog and Allies against the people of Israel that will come in the latter days, but Israel will be victorious. Ezekiel prophesied that God will rain down great judgments upon Israel’s enemies – pestilence and bloodshed, flooding rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. They will fall upon the mountains of Israel but God will cleanse

that holy land. For seven months, the people of Israel will work together to bury the dead bodies of all those who went up against Israel in this war but only after every kind of birds and every kind of beasts have had a chance to feast on the flesh of these mighty men.

A similar war, the War of Armageddon, is also expected to come in the near future. This war will come immediately following the Great Tribulation. Demonic spirits from Satan, the Antichrist and the false prophet will go out into all the earth and gather a great multitude of people for battle.

Once they have done this, the heavens will open and King Jesus will suddenly appear riding upon a white horse. His army from heaven, that is, the saints, will follow behind Him and they too will be riding upon white horses.

As John saw in his vision, the Antichrist and his armies will be defeated. The Antichrist, along with the false prophet will be thrown into a lake of fire where they will burn for all eternity. Satan will then be bound for one thousand years. Jesus, the King of kings and Lord of lords, will be the victor!

Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, “Come and gather together for the supper of the great God, that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great.” And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army. Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh. Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the

bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while. (Rev. 19:17–21; Rev. 20:1–3 NKJV)

The Bible also speaks of another Gog and Magog war following the millennial reign of King Jesus on earth. This appears to be a different war from the war of Ezekiel 38 and 39. In this final war, Satan, following his release from the bottomless pit, will go throughout the four corners of the earth and gather up a great multitude of people to fight against King Jesus and the holy people. As they go up and surround the holy land of Israel and the beloved city, Jerusalem, fire will come down from God out of heaven and consume them before they even get a chance to step foot onto that holy land! Satan will then be cast into the same lake of fire that the Antichrist and the false prophet were cast into a thousand years earlier. They will be tormented day and night forever. (Revelation 20:7–10).

Right now, we are expecting a great war to follow in the wake of the Antichrist’s rise to power as a One World Leader. When the first of the seven Seal Judgments is opened, the Antichrist will step out as a mighty conqueror. In his wake, based on the next three Seal Judgments, there will be wars, famines, death and destructions. Peace will be taken from the earth and people will start to kill one another.

The Antichrist, at this very moment, could be getting ready to take power, to walk right into his role. It is very possible that, at this very moment, he could be preparing his army for battle. This war will not only impact America but the whole world! According to the vision I received, this world as we know it will end in three years! It is already nine months since I received this word. Once the church of Jesus Christ is raptured and/or the Antichrist rises to power, I assure you that it will be the end of the world as we know it and the birth of something

truly evil!

The year 2020 could be one of great catastrophes when the world as we know it will cease to exist. It is very possible that the Tribulation period and the time of great judgments on the earth, three sets of seven, will start then. In the midst of all this tumult, I see the church of Jesus Christ triumphing as the Bible declares and as is evident from my dreams of great revivals and of showers of blessings. The church of Jesus Christ cannot be defeated. It will always stand strong. It will always be victorious.

Jesus said clearly in the gospels that this generation will not away until this great time of testing comes to . Brace yourself, one and all, because this prophecy is about to be fulfilled. May God have mercy upon us all! I can see clearly that the rapture of the church and the end of this Age are fast approaching. The rapture could take place at any moment, possibly within the next three years. Are you ready?

Prepare yourself to meet King Jesus! He will be coming very soon in clouds of glory! He is someone very special, someone you cannot afford to miss. He is greater, more powerful and by far more wonderful than any king you have ever known! His fame goes before Him! There is none like Him and neither has there ever been anyone like Him either in heaven or on earth! Bow reverently in His presence and give Him all your worship because He alone is worthy! He alone is worthy of all our praise! Consecrate yourself before Him for He is holy, righteous, and true!

While no one will ever know the exact timing of His appearance, Jesus taught that when we see the signs of the End coming to , we should look up as our redemption draws near. The writing is on the wall! I would recommend that you pay close attention to the next three years and spend lots of time in prayer and meditation.

You do not need me to spell this out any more clearly for you. This is huge! This is a whole lot bigger than I am! We need God now more than ever! I need to rely on Him now more than ever before! What I am saying here is no assumption on my part but pure revelation from the God of all creation. Flesh and blood could not have revealed this! No amount of studying science or theology could ever reveal this! This is uncharted territory for me but I know that God has led me here and will continue to guide me. He is in full control. This is all God’s doing and to Him be all the glory and honor both now and forever!

God has always gone above and beyond to provide and to equip us with everything we need. This is no exception. What a mighty God we serve! God does not want anyone to be caught unaware so He has revealed to us what is about to take place, giving us enough time to reconcile with Him and to prepare ourselves for our eternal home. Get ready my brothers and sisters! Get ready people everywhere! Very soon now all of us who put our trust in God will be going home! Our citizenship is in heaven where Jesus dwells surrounded by all the heavenly hosts!

God’s grace is flowing in great abundance right now for you and for everyone who will put their trust in Him. A clear indication of this is the frequent appearance of the rainbow in the clouds after a rainfall. Every time the rainbow appears in the clouds, it reminds God of His promise to Noah to never again destroy the entire earth with a flood. The rainbow is a sign of God’s goodwill towards mankind. It gives us hope and comfort and reminds us of God’s great love and generosity towards us all.

Very recently, at the end of my work day on October 3, 2016, I walked onto the roof of the building where my car was parked and came face-to-face with the biggest and most radiant double rainbow that my eyes had ever beheld! It was as if it was sitting there in the clouds waiting just for me. I was completely mesmerized by it and for about twenty minutes, I stood rooted to the spot as I took pictures and videos of it with my iPhone.

I had such great difficulty walking away from the rainbow because it seemed to be calling me and drawing me with its great magnificence. This dazzling rainbow seemed to shout a message of great hope to all and attested to the fact that God’s grace is flowing in even greater abundance right now as we approach the end of this Age!

Wars may be on the horizon and sin and lawlessness on the increase but know that God’s grace will always outshine it all because it will flow in increasingly greater abundance for all. “God’s law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God’s wonderful grace became more abundant” (Romans 5:20 NLT). There are dark days ahead but God’s grace is sufficient to keep us. His glory will outshine it all and His great power and majesty will be displayed for all to see and many will give Him the glory and honor due to His holy name.

The New Song of the Redeemed

The Antichrist cannot be revealed until the One who is restraining him, the Holy Spirit, is removed. I believe that the Holy Spirit will be removed from the earth at the time of the rapture and then the Antichrist will be revealed.

In Revelation chapter 3:10, Jesus promised the church in Philadelphia that, because they have been faithful and have kept the faith, He will also keep them from the hour of trial which is coming to test all the inhabitants of the earth. Two chapters later, right before the seal of the first set of seven judgments, the Seal Judgments, was broken, John heard the saints singing a new song. John was in the throne room of heaven when they began to sing.

As the Lamb who was slain (Jesus) moved forward, took the scroll and readied Himself to break the seal, the saints worshipped Him in song. They were from every nation, tribe and tongue and they sang a new song, the song of the redeemed, to their mighty Redeemer. They extolled Him saying, “You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals” (Revelation 5:9 NKJV).

This seems to suggest that the saints would have already been in heaven prior to the start of the Tribulation period. They saw when the Lamb who was slain came forward to take the scroll containing the first set of seven judgments and to open it. He was the only One found worthy in all of heaven and earth to open the scroll and they worshipped Him with their new song.

If you have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb slain on Mount Calvary, you will be among the saints as they sing this new song to their mighty Redeemer. I know that I will be there! If you have not yet been redeemed, there is still time for you but you need to act now without further delay. Ask Jesus to come into your heart right now and forgive you of all your sins. Ask him also to gift you with His Holy Spirit.

Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; For You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth. (Revelation 5:8–10 NKJV)

When I first started to read this age, I assumed that the four living creatures and the twenty four elders were singing but when I read the words of the new song, it became obvious to me that the saints, the redeemed of the Lamb, were the ones singing.

The living creatures and the twenty four elders were holding the prayers of the saints in the golden bowls when the saints began to sing their new song. They were praising Jesus, the Lamb of God, with their song. They were exalting Him by singing to Him that He is worthy to open the seal of the scroll because He has redeemed them with His blood out of every nation, tribe and tongue and that they will reign on the earth. At the end of the Tribulation period, we will come back with Jesus and will reign with Him upon this earth for a thousand years before it is replaced by the new earth.

I believe it is a fair assumption that the four living creatures and the twenty four elders, from the moment of their creation, never left the throne room. There are twenty four thrones surrounding the throne of God. Upon these thrones the twenty four elders sit. They were all created as worshiping beings and cannot share in the song of the redeemed because they have never experienced the joy of being redeemed by the precious blood of the Lamb.

The redeemed of the Lord need not be afraid of the judgments to come because as Paul so clearly wrote, God’s wrath is not for us. From John’s , it appears we will be in heaven with our mighty Redeemer even before the start of the Tribulation! We will watch as he breaks the seal containing the first set of seven judgments, the Seal Judgments, and we will worship His Holy Name.

We will be like the angels! It is very possible that we may be flying about in the open air during the Tribulation and warning people to repent and turn to God because the time of His wrath has come. As I stated earlier, in one of my daughter’s visions, she saw herself, her dad and me, on a strange planet [the earth during the Tribulation] warning the people to get off the planet because the sun was about to scorch them with intense heat but they refused.

Hope Even in the Midst of the Great Tribulation

All those individuals who did not know God prior to the start of the Tribulation period will have every opportunity to repent and turn to Him. If the catastrophes are not enough of a wake-up call for them, they will also have the 144,000 servants from the twelve tribes of Israel witnessing to them (Revelation 7). They will also have the two witnesses who will prophesy for 1,260 days, which amounts to just under three and a half years (Revelation 11). In addition to this, angels will be flying about in the heavens and warning them to repent and turn to God. If they still refuse to repent after all of this, then they will have absolutely no excuse and no escape from what will be coming next. The ones who took the mark of the Beast, or the name or number of the Antichrist will be hopelessly lost for all eternity.

Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people—saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.” And another angel followed, saying, “Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.” Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name. (Revelation 14:6–11 NKJV)

The three sets of judgments upon the earth during the Tribulation period are not simply to punish the wicked and the Antichrist but to give a wake-up call to the many who have heard the gospel over and over again but couldn’t receive it because their hearts have become so hardened.

Some people will not acknowledge that there is a God until they are faced with major catastrophic events. Those who still refuse to repent and turn to God even in the face of these judgments will be hopelessly lost for all eternity. If these judgments do not cause them to repent and turn to God, nothing will. The only thing that will be left for these people will be eternal damnation.

The good news is that a vast multitude of people from every nation, tribe, and language will be saved during this time. They will call out to God and God will answer them and will forgive all their sins. John saw them in his vision and this is his record:

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!’ All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying: ‘Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom, thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.’ Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, ‘Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?’ And I said to him, ‘Sir, you know.’ So he said to me, ‘These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them. They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. (Revelation 7:9–17 NKJV)

The Great Marriage Supper

Following the rapture of the church and before His second coming, those of us who were caught up in the rapture, along with the great multitude of people from all nations, tribes, and languages who will come to faith during the Great Tribulation will with Jesus for the marriage supper of the Lamb. You do not want to miss this marriage supper! It will transcend all marriage suppers/wedding feasts that you have ever seen! Jesus is the Bridegroom and the church of Jesus Christ is the Bride.

“Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God” (Revelation 19:9 NKJV). This will be a glorious celebration of all those who love Jesus and belong to Him. There will be music, singing, and great rejoicing in heaven.

And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, ‘Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns! Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.’ And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. (Revelation 19:6–8 NKJV)

I am looking forward, with great anticipation, to this great marriage supper. It will be the greatest and most glorious wedding feast that you will ever see. It is my intention to bring a great multitude of souls along with me so that they too may share in this joyous celebration.

This is all so exciting! I am a part of the Bride of Christ! You are too if Jesus lives in your heart! What a wonderful feeling this is! I will see you at the grand and glorious meeting in the air and at this magnificent marriage supper!

If you do not know Jesus as your Lord, there is still time for you to get to know Him and to meet us there. Right now is as good a time as any. I am inviting you to come along with me to this marriage supper and I hope that I will see you there. Try not to miss it because it is going to be the grandest and most glorious of all wedding feasts. It will be a time of unspeakable joy and of endless rejoicing!

The light and glory of Jesus, shining brighter than the sun, will illuminate the most beautiful, the most radiant, the most spectacular, and the most magnificent banqueting hall that your eyes have ever seen. It will by far exceed anything that you could ever imagine! It will be a grand and glorious time of rejoicing for all those who accepted Jesus’ invitation to His marriage supper.

The invitation to this marriage supper is being extended to one and all. Accept the invitation today by repenting of your sins and accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior. Jesus will pour out His Holy Spirit upon you and secure your place at this wonderful marriage supper. All your worries will be over as you are caught up to meet Jesus face-to-face in the air and to be forever united with Him.

The Rapture May be a Lot Sooner Than We Think

Though it is given to us to know the season in which the rapture will occur, no one knows the day or the hour when it will take place. It could come at a time when we least expect it. I am convinced that it is a lot closer than many of us would like to believe. It is of utmost importance for every one of us to be ready at all times and waiting expectantly.

Make every effort therefore to get ready and to stay ready. Try not to be among those left behind because it will be a sudden destruction upon the earth. It will be a day of reckoning for the wicked, for all those who reject God and for all those who continue to be deeply depraved in immorality with no regards for their Creator. Your first priority should be to give Jesus first place in your life. In so doing, you will make Him Lord of your life and prepare yourself for the sudden and glorious meeting with Him in the air.

My commission is to help you prepare for the rapture, regardless of whatever time it may occur. that the rapture is not only for those who will be alive when it takes place but also for those who died in Christ. If you die before you repent of your sins and asked Jesus into your heart, you will not be in the rapture.

How very sad it will be for all those who die without knowing Jesus as their Lord and Savior! They will not be in the first resurrection! Their souls will later come back to life and they will stand before the White Throne Judgment and be judged according to the works that they had done. If their names are not found written in the book of life, they will be cast into outer darkness, into a lake of fire, for all eternity. This is not the end that God intended for you. Accept His great offer of salvation today and you will live and reign with Him forever.

It is important to live each day with the expectancy that Jesus could return that very day. This attitude of mind will motivate us to get ready and to stay ready at all times. Jesus has been gone a long time now and each new dawn brings us closer to the time of the rapture and of His second coming.

It is important not to make the assumption that the rapture of the church will not take place during your lifetime because it could come before you breathe your very next breath. Don’t assume either that you will have tomorrow to get ready for His coming because tomorrow may never be yours. As we have been taught, do not put off for tomorrow what you can do today.

The decision to follow Jesus is the most important decision that you will ever make in your lifetime. The sacrifices that we all make now in order to follow Him will pale in comparison to the rapturous joys that will be ours when we receive our glorious new bodies and as we stand in the presence of our dear Lord beholding His beauty and His glory. It will all be worth it when we see King Jesus face-to-face, when death would have been swallowed up in victory! Everything we suffer now will be forgotten and our hearts will swell with great joy and happiness.

As I have stated before, over the last couple of years, I have had some wonderful visions of great revivals and of the rapture of the church. The purpose of these visions is to help each of us get excited once again about Jesus and to help all to prepare for this glorious meeting in the air. It is to help stir up our pure minds, to strengthen our faith in Jesus, and to help us in denying self, taking up our cross daily and following after Jesus.

Thoughts of the soon rapture and of our eternal home with Jesus gives me a thrill of hope and keeps me bubbling with excitement every day. My prayer is that it will do the same for you. This is the hope that we have in Jesus! This is the reason we gladly endure sufferings in this life. We know what our rewards will be! It is important to keep the end in view at all times and talk about it often with those around us to stir up hope in one another.

These visions were given to me to help all of us to focus on the fact that Jesus could return for us at any moment. He could come when we least expect Him. God gave me these visions to keep us motivated, to help us to get ready, to help everyone else to get ready and to watch and wait so that that day will not come upon us unaware.

Jesus taught us to watch and pray or that day will come upon us suddenly like a

thief in the night. In my second vision of the rapture in November 2016, my family and I were prepared to be caught up to meet Jesus and were very excited about the fact that it could come at any moment. To those who are not prepared, it will be sudden and without warning.

For the born-again believers, the rapture is a wonderful thing and we look forward to it with great joy. This is why we spend so much time inviting our friends and family and everyone else to prepare themselves to be caught up together with us. The closer the rapture, the closer we get to our eternal home in heaven with our dear Lord.

What a grand and glorious day that will be! We shall see King Jesus face-to-face in all of His glory – His face shining bright as the sun. It will be a time of unspeakable joy and great rejoicing. We shall dance the victory dance upon the clouds and sing songs of praise and adoration as we joyfully bow our hearts and our knees in worship before our blessed Redeemer and King. We will not be able to peel our eyes off of Him as we look deep into His loving eyes and thank Him from the depths of our hearts and souls for all that he has done for us and especially for paying our debt so that we may go free.

The very thought of the Rapture of the church and of beholding King Jesus faceto-face makes my heart all aglow. It creates a deep longing inside my soul and an ache in my heart for our dear Lord and King to hasten that day. The good news is that the wait will soon be over.

“This is all the more urgent, for you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here. So remove your dark deeds like dirty clothes, and put on the shining armor of right living” (Romans 13:11–12 NLT).

The faithful followers of Jesus Christ can look forward to this day with exceedingly great hope and joy. This hope in us propels us forward to the finish line, to run this race with patience knowing that someday soon, we are going to see King Jesus face-to-face, to behold His glory and to live and reign with Him throughout all eternity.

A Vision of Heaven

For those of us who put our trust in Jesus, the thought of this world as we know it ending in three years is one of great hope. Why? Our citizenship is not in this world but in heaven. All these things which are about to come to greatly increase the appeal of heaven. Our desires for heaven are even greater as we journey towards it with exceedingly great joy! “But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells” (2 Peter 3:13 NIV).

We long for this earth with all its sin, shame, sicknesses, diseases, pains, sorrows, wars, death, and decay to away and for the new earth to appear. The people of God will live and reign upon the new earth and there will be peace and joy and righteousness forevermore! We are looking forward to spending eternity in a heavenly paradise with our dear Lord, Jesus Christ, who died for us. We will with the heavenly hosts in singing, “Blessing and honor and glory and power be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever.” (Revelation 5:13 NKJV) All creation will sing praises to the Lamb (our Lord Jesus Christ) and to He who sits on the throne for they are worthy!

Jesus will come down to earth and will live and reign among us. He will be our King and will rule the world with righteousness and with justice. We look forward to this Day with a deep longing in our hearts. Even though Jesus walks with us every day and we can always feel His presence, we long to see Him face-to-face in all His glory and we long to have bodies which are new and

glorious just like His. We long for our eternal home, for wars to be over, and for death to be swallowed up in victory as we sail upwards to meet our dear Lord in the air and to be with Him forever. We live each day with heaven in view, and think often of our glorious meeting with Jesus in the air.

My daughter, Ashley, in a vision, has had the inexplicable joy of being transported up to heaven in the loving arms of Jesus to see her older sister who had ed away when she was only a baby. Ashley was only four years old when she had this vision. A few months ago, she gave me further details of this vision. She reported that she has seen streets of gold and great mansions in heaven. Ashley and her sister were also given a very large room with their names written above the door. They were also given a second room, also very large, with lots of toys and she and her sister played happily together for a very long time.

Ashley told me that Jesus gave each of them a white garment to wear and told them that even if they spill anything on their garments while playing, they will still be white. Ashley said to me as we sat on my bed talking, “In case you think that I am making any of this up, I am not!” I believe that every word of what she told me is true. I also believe that her eternal home in heaven with Jesus as well as the eternal home of my other daughter who died is secure. Ashley is very confident that she will, some day, go to heaven to live with Jesus for all eternity.

Ashley’s vision brings great hope to the rest of us followers of Jesus. Every born-again believer has the hope that someday, we too, will each be given a white garment to wear if we remain faithful and true to the very end. Jesus promised, “He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels” (Rev. 3:5 NKJV).

We will also live in great mansions above, and walk on streets of gold. Jesus comforted His disciples with these words, “In My Father’s house are many

mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also” (John 14:2–3 NKJV).

John saw, in his vision, the streets of the great city of God, the New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven. This is his report: “The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass” (Rev. 21:21 NKJV).

Heaven is truly a glorious place to which we journey every day with exceeding great joy and a thrill of hope. There is so much in store for all of us who love Jesus! The apostle Paul wrote, “But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God” (1 Corinthians 2:9–10 NKJV).

God has given us a glimpse of what heaven will be like and we are very ecstatic about it. We know well in advance what our end will be and so we are very optimistic about our future. God has great plans for each of our lives, to give us hope and a future we can look forward to with great enthusiasm.

God’s thoughts towards His people are continually loving, kind and comionate. His great love towards us and His rich promises to us are unparalleled to any other. Nothing comes even close to what God has in store for those who love Him! Set your minds, therefore, on things above and not on the things of this earth. (Colossians 3:2) The things of this earth will eventually away but the treasures of heaven are eternal and belong to all those who love God and obey His commandments.

Chapter 3 What if Heaven Could Begin Right Here, Right Now?

Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. —Isaiah 12:3 (NKJV)

Heaven for you could begin right now and right where you are. Once Jesus enters your heart, a piece of heaven enters you. Once you receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit, your joys of heaven will be multiplied a thousand times because the Holy Spirit will give you a foretaste of heaven and of your future glory!

Heaven is wherever Jesus is. If Jesus lives in your heart then you are already enjoying the joys of heaven though you will not experience the fullness of it until you are finally clothed with immortality and you see King Jesus face-toface. If you want a foretaste of heaven right now, just invite Jesus into your heart and ask Him to pour out His Holy Spirit upon you. Be sure to place yourself in the center of this great outpouring. You want to make sure that you are completely saturated. Your joys then will know no bounds.

Every day with Jesus is a special treasure. It is like an exciting adventure that never ends and you never know what is going to happen next. “The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit” (John 3:8 NIV).

I am blessed with a few good friends and give God thanks every day for them. Many of them, especially the two whom I see almost every day at work, are just as excited about Jesus as I am. We very often get goosebumps just sharing with one another our different experiences with Jesus. Many of these adventures are through dreams and visions and others are great testimonies of the amazing things that God has been doing in our lives.

The Christian pathway is not dull or boring at all. Every day is a new adventure with Jesus! If you have not received the baptism in the Holy Spirit, then my friend, you are missing out! Yes, we still have problems and yes, we too, lose our loved ones and very often we suffer persecution. There is always the possibility that some of us might die because of our faith.

Throughout the church Age, many have been killed because of their testimony that Jesus Christ is Lord and that He rose again from the dead. This however, does not take away the joys of knowing Jesus personally and experiencing Him every day. If anything, these trials simply serve to strengthen our faith and make us even more determined than ever to follow Jesus no matter what.

We realize how much we need Him plus He always comes through for us. He promised never to leave us or forsake us and that He will be there to strengthen us, to comfort us, to encourage us and to help us as we go through the storms of life. These are some of His comforting words, “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand” (Isaiah 41:10 NIV).

We love Jesus and He loves us and that is all that really matters. He paid the highest price possible for our ransom and we are forever grateful to Him. How many friends do you have who would be willing to die for you? No matter how much they swear they love you, not many would be willing to take your punishment for you yet that is exactly what Jesus did for us while we were still enemies of God. “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we

were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8 NIV).

Jesus purchased us with the price of His own blood yet He gives us freedom to choose whether or not we want to serve Him. He sets before us two paths and encourages us to choose the better path, the path that will lead to eternal life with Him in heaven. He advised us to, “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it” (Matthew 7:13–14 NKJV).

Jesus gave us all free will and forces none of us to do anything. We stay with Him because He first loved us and gave His life for us. The pathway to eternal life may be difficult but it will be worth it all when we reach our final destination in heaven. It will be worth all the sacrifices that we make each day. The apostle Paul said, “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us” (Romans 8:18 NIV).

The more time we spend getting to know Jesus, the more our love for Him grows and so does our loyalty to Him. Every day with Him is by far, more wonderful and more enriching than the day before. I spend so much time rejoicing and praising God every single day! I have so much to thank Him for! There is none like Him, neither in heaven or on earth!

God’s love is truly beyond human comprehension! How anyone can love us the way He does is past finding out. His many blessings to all those who love Him are amazing and rich beyond measure. I believe the reason so many people choose not to walk with Jesus is because they don’t know Him. If they would only take some time to get to know Him, it would be impossible for them not to choose Him over everything else.

When I stop to consider the vast richness of God’s love towards His children, I often get lost in the wonder of it all. It is awesome! Really! God’s love for you and for me and for every living person is exceedingly, abundantly, far above and beyond anything that we could ever imagine. It is hard for me to even begin to wrap my mind around it! I have never seen anything quite like it before.

His love goes on and on and on, forever like a great big circle that has no end! The Bible says His love is from everlasting to everlasting. “But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children” (Psalm 103:17 NIV). Isn’t that truly amazing? God’s amazing love for His children, those who love Him, will never end! He is patient with us. He is kind to us. He is loving, comionate, and merciful. He is longsuffering, slow to anger and quick to forgive us whenever we mess up and do the wrong thing. All we have to do is go to Him with humble and contrite hearts and He will always forgive us and restore us once again. He resists the proud heart but gives increasingly more grace to the humble. (James 4:6).

The apostle Paul prayed that we may be able to grasp the fullness and the richness of God’s great love. “And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that sures knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:17–19 NIV).

The vastness of God’s great and abundant treasures is also beyond measure, just like His love for us. They are unsearchable! Immeasurable! Priceless! The treasures that He has in store for each of us who love Him are well beyond what we can measure. The amazing thing is, even if every single person who has ever lived should choose Jesus as their Lord and Savior, we still would not be able to deplete the amount of treasures in the vast expanse of God’s great kingdom. It is limitless. There is enough for everyone and then some.

God is infinite, His love is infinite and His treasures are limitless. God provides everything we need in great abundance but we often lack because we don’t ask or when we do, we don’t ask in faith. Jesus taught, “Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full” (John 16:24 NKJV). “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened” (Matthew 7:7–8 NKJV).

The born-again believers start to experience the joys of heaven right here on earth, but we long for more. We long for the Day when we will see King Jesus face-to-face and His glory will finally be fully revealed to us. We long for the Day when all sufferings will be over and it will be joy and peace forevermore! Jesus lives in our hearts but we still live in bodies that are subjected to sicknesses, pain, sorrows, death and decay. We live in an imperfect world and we often experience a lot of emotional pains as a result of rejection or abuse of some kind from others.

We often try very hard to be a part of certain inner circles but all attempts to reach out to that circle hit a brick wall. Often others will not let us in because they have been hurt before, and so they have difficulty trusting anyone they don’t really know. They are afraid of getting hurt again. Oftentimes it is because they don’t like us or simply because they haven’t given themselves a chance to get to know us and to know for themselves that we would never intentionally hurt them. Nobody is perfect. I know that I make mistakes from time to time but my intentions are always good.

I am normally a very quiet and shy person and not outgoing at all. Throughout grade school, I had very few friends. Often during class time, especially when we did practice problems in Mathematics, I was usually surrounded by many of my classmates who needed my help understanding a Math problem. When recess or lunch time came however, I was often left standing or sitting all alone. No one invited me to sit with them or to play with them. It hurt! Thankfully, I learned how to deal with rejection and not to let it destroy me.

With God, you will always be in the inner circle because He makes each one of us feel so very special. He gives His undivided love and attention to each of us. It is so wonderful serving a God who is omnipresent! Despite the vastness of the universe, God is everywhere at the same time and He will give to each of us as much attention as we will allow!

With me, Jesus is always present because I cannot do anything without Him. I have come to lean and depend on Him for everything. He is always present and I know it! It is one thing to read the Bible and learn that Jesus said that He will never leave you nor forsake you. It is quite another to know He lives in your heart, to feel Him bubbling up inside you, and to feel the warmth of His presence encircling you. You know you are safe because Jesus surrounds you and you are in the company of an innumerable company of angels. This is heaven indeed!

It is very comforting for me that in times of great stress, I can feel the comforting hand of Jesus upon me or He visits me in a dream and all of a sudden, everything is alright again. This is just an example of what your relationship with Jesus can be like every day! It wasn’t always like this with me.

I became a believer when I was 15 years old and received the baptism in the Holy Spirit when I was in my mid-twenties. However, like most believers, there was always some level of doubt. I knew God was real and I am always awed by the amazing things He did while on earth or how He acted mightily through the apostles and the prophets. Somehow though, I never possessed the level of faith to know that those same amazing things can also happen in my own life. I never realized that I, too, could enjoy the same special relationship with Jesus that the apostles enjoyed. God is big enough for all of us. None of us need to feel left out or feel that He loves others more than He loves us. God’s love is amazing and flows in great abundance for us all.

It is amazing what a little problem can do for our relationship with God. The problems that we go through each day can either push us further away from God or draw us closer to Him. Many get angry when they go through trials and blame everything on God. God, however, is not responsible for the bad things that happen to us. All good things come to us from God. When bad things happen to us, it grieves the heart of God and He desperately wants to help us to get through it and to turn everything around for our good. If we would only lean and depend on Him, He will get us through it one day at a time and one step at a time.

My problems brought me much closer to God and served to strengthen my relationship with Him. They pushed me closer to Jesus because I realize how much I need Him and that I cannot do it alone. Something started to change in my personal walk with God starting with the year 2011 when my family started to experience real financial hardships as my husband went through a number of serious health issues. I will not go into specifics here. However, I shared them in great detail in my first book, Beholding His Glory: A journey side by side with Jesus, which is available on many online book stores. As a result of these problems, my relationship with Jesus became deeper and much more meaningful.

James, the brother of our Lord Jesus, taught, “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you” (James 1:2–5 NIV).

I learned to exercise faith. I learned to cry out to God from the depth of my soul and He heard me and answered me. Once you receive the answer to one prayer, your faith gets stronger and you are more confident that God will hear you the next time you call and that He will answer you. Sometime after my husband’s heart surgery in 2011, I totally surrendered all to Jesus and my life has not been the same since. Every day with Him is more glorious than the day before. For

me, heaven has begun and oh how wonderful the joys of it is! It is heaven to know that Jesus forgave all my sins and now I am free in Him!

As a child of God, you will always have your rich and beautiful one-on-one relationship with Jesus but you will also have the joy of sharing your struggles with other believers as well. This is how we strengthen one another. We bear one another’s burdens and so each person’s burdens get a little lighter. When you learn what others are going through, it helps you to put things into perspective. Not only will you find others who are experiencing the same things as you are, but you will also realize that many of them are experiencing even greater struggles than you could ever imagine.

When we share these struggles with one another and also share how we overcome through faith in Jesus, it helps to strengthen the faith of the other believers. God did not intend for any one of us to go it alone but to grow together in love within a community of believers, our brothers and sisters in Christ. The Hebrew writer taught, “And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching” (Hebrew 10:24–25 NKJV).

If you set your affections on things above and not just on earthly things, you will experience a bit of heaven every day. The hope that we have in us helps us to look above and beyond all our problems to our loving Savior who is always with us and is ever ready to see us through it all. This hope in us helps us to keep the end in view at all times, that is, that great and glorious day when we will walk with Jesus on streets of gold and never again to be separated from Him.

This earth is not our final home so don’t get too caught up by all that it has to offer. , Jesus is the reason we are able to start to experience the joys of heaven on earth. Without Him, life would be empty. Keep your focus on Him therefore and who you are in Him. You are chosen by Him and

therefore precious and greatly beloved. You are His workmanship and He is not finished with you yet.

We are not made up simply of the physical but of the spiritual as well. Each of us has a soul inside of us, a soul which is eternal. This physical body will eventually away but our souls will live on forever. When our physical body dies, we go to one of two places – heaven or hell. While here on this earth, we are presented with the choice of making heaven or hell our final destination. Jesus taught that the path which leads to heaven and life everlasting is narrow and very few find it but the road that leads to destruction is broad and many find it.

I am encouraging you to stop today to think about the spiritual part of you, your soul. What provision have you made for your inner being? Your soul is the most important part of you. Your body is simply the house in which your soul lives. We spend lots of time each day pampering our bodies and catering to all its demands yet so few spend time thinking about or nourishing their eternal souls.

Top priority should be given to our souls and to repairing our relationships with God. Our stay on this earth is only temporary. We could leave it at a moment’s notice. If our relationship with God has been restored and God is given first place in our lives then we need not worry about the future because our eternal home in heaven would be secure. If Jesus is not Lord of your life, then there is reason to worry because it would have been better not to have been born than to spend eternity without Jesus.

Chapter 4 Value of the Soul and the Depth of God’s Great Love

What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? —Mark 8:36–37 (NIV)

The value of your soul can be measured by the depth of God’s love for you and the depth to which he went to redeem you and to reconcile you to himself. Before we dive into the depth of God’s love for you, the very fact that He created you in His own image and likeness and breathe His own breath in you so making you a living soul, should be enough to give you an idea of how valuable your soul is. A part of God is in you and that act in itself should be enough to make you know how special and valuable you are to God.

The great Omnipotent God who swore by Himself when He made his promise to Abraham because there was no one greater for him to swear by, (Hebrews 6:13) did not think it was beneath Him to make mankind in His own image and likeness or to breathe His own breath in us. He made you with the ability to think and to reason just like Him and to exercise power and authority over all living creatures. He made you special and places great value on your soul! He breathed His own breath in you and you became a living soul!

You are perfectly, beautifully and wonderfully made! God was very pleased with His creation of you! “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good”

(Genesis 1:31 NIV). The psalmist David said, “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well” (Psalm 139:14 NIV).

God created you for Himself and for His glory. In His own words, “I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth — everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made” (Isaiah 43:6–7 NIV).

God created us for Himself and for His glory and He loves us with an everlasting love. He doesn’t want us to worship or serve any other god because He loves us jealously and is ever kind and gracious to us. “The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness” (Jeremiah 31:3 NIV).

Our souls are continually thirsting for God and longing for more of Him even when we don’t realize it. He is the only One who can fulfill us. The psalmist David prayed with great longing, “My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?” (Psalm 42:2 NIV). “My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God” (Psalm 84:2 NIV).

Our souls yearn for God because He made us and created a need in us to desire Him, to love Him, to worship Him and to serve Him only. He loves us first and desires a personal and loving relationship with each of us. God created you and me for a higher purpose, for His glory and His praise. Paul understood this higher purpose, “In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory” (Ephesians 1:11–12 NKJV).

A teacher of the law, after hearing Jesus debating with others, asked Him which, of all the commandments, is the greatest. “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength’” (Mark 12:29–30 NIV).

Loving someone with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind and all your strength is equivalent to worship. When you love someone like this, this person becomes the focus of your attention and the focus of your worship. Nothing and no one else is as important. All your time, energy, and emotions are wrapped up in this one person. When the devil, in his audacity, offered Jesus all the kingdoms of the world in exchange for His worship, “Jesus answered, ‘It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only’” (Luke 4:8 NIV). If the greatest commandment that God ever gave to man is that we love Him with all our being, then it is safe to say that we were born to worship and to adore Him.

Jesus said to the Samaritan woman at the well, “But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him” (John 4:23 NKJV).

You may be asking the question, “So what is in it for me? What do I gain by loving and worshipping God with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my mind and with all my strength? The answer is simple. You would receive fulfillment in this life and in the world to come, eternal life with Jesus Christ our Lord. You are the one who actually benefits when you serve God and worship Him with all your heart. He is complete in Himself and does not need anything from any of us but because of His love for us, He seeks us out in order to bless us, to redeem us and to restore us to a right standing with Him. The Apostle Paul taught, “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives

everyone life and breath and everything else” (Acts 17:24–25 NKJV).

God does not need us but rather we need Him. Every good thing we have comes from Him. He is the One who supplies all our needs. His love for us is unconditional whether we serve Him or not. He will continue to provide all our needs regardless. But, “As a father has comion on his children, so the LORD HAS COMION ON THOSE WHO FEAR HIM” (PSALM 103:13 NIV).

THOSE WHO LOVE THE LORD AND FEAR HIM HAVE THE ASSURANCE THAT HIS LOVE AND HIS MERCY WILL FOLLOW THEM ALL THE DAYS OF THEIR LIVES. THEY HAVE THE ASSURANCE THAT THEY WILL NEVER PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. GOD HAS MADE SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR EVERYONE WHO LOVES HIM AND OBEYS HIM. THE TREASURES THAT HE HAS STORED UP FOR US ARE IMMEASURABLE! HE PROMISED THAT HE WILL NEVER LEAVE OR FORSAKE THOSE WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM. HE WILL DO FOR HIS CHILDREN EXCEEDINGLY, ABUNDANTLY, FAR ABOVE AND BEYOND ANYTHING THAT WE COULD EVER ASK OR THINK. HE ENRICHES OUR LIVES AND LIFTS US UP TO A HIGHER STANDARD OF LIVING. HE FILLS OUR SOULS WITH JOY AND GLADNESS AND AT THE TIME APPOINTED, WILL TAKE US TO OUR ETERNAL HOME IN HEAVEN WHERE THE GLORY AND SPLENDOR OF GOD SHINES BRIGHT AS THE SUN FOREVER.

THERE IS A LONGING IN EACH OF OUR SOULS FOR GOD AND NOTHING AND NO ONE BUT GOD CAN SATISFY THAT DEEP LONGING. NOT WEALTH! NOT FAME! NOT FORTUNE! NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU ACHIEVE ACADEMICALLY OR MATERIALLY AND NO MATTER HOW HIGH UP YOU CLIMB ON THE SOCIAL LADDER, YOU WILL NOT BE FULFILLED UNTIL YOU COME TO KNOW GOD AND EXPERIENCE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. GOD IS CONTINUALLY DRAWING US TO HIMSELF AND UNTIL WE RESPOND TO THAT CALL AND YIELD TO HIM, OUR SOULS WILL NEVER BE

COMPLETELY SATISFIED. WE WILL ALWAYS BE SEARCHING FOR MORE.

The first man and woman who ever lived were created perfectly whole but sin crept in and destroyed the relationship between God and mankind. Sin brings death and God was not willing that any of us should perish so He paid for our redemption with the high price of His own blood. “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8 NIV).

The only sacrifice acceptable to God as a penalty for sins was Jesus, the spotless Lamb of God. God valued our souls so highly that He was willing to make the ultimate sacrifice of His Son to purchase our redemption so that we would not suffer condemnation for all eternity. “For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect” (1 Peter 1:18–19 NIV).

There is absolutely nothing that you can give in exchange for your soul. That is how valuable your soul is to God. Your soul is eternal and more valuable than all the treasures in this world combined. Jesus asked the question, “What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?” (Mark 8:36–37 NIV).

If you were to gain all the treasures of this world and lose your one soul, you would lose out big time! All the treasures of this world cannot be compared to the value of your soul. If I have a choice between all the treasures of this world and dying for the sake of Christ, I would choose to die because then my soul would be safe for all eternity.

The soul is eternal and does not die when we on from this life. Instead, the soul is released from its house, the body we live in, and enters eternity either with Jesus or with the Devil and his fallen angels in eternal damnation. If you have nothing to your name in this life except the clothes on your back but your soul is hidden in Christ, then you are rich beyond measure. The riches of this world are just temporary. Some day they will vanish away but if you love God with all your soul, He will preserve it for you and will give you everlasting life with Him. The fact that Jesus was willing to shed His own blood to purchase salvation for your soul should give you an idea of how valuable and precious your soul is.

Jesus loves us so much that it grieves Him when we reject Him and His great love for us. When the Israelites rejected Jesus’ gift to them of Himself, Jesus greatly lamented for them with His cry, “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing” (Matthew 23:37 NIV). Jesus’ concern was not for Himself but for His people whom He loved so much with an everlasting love and kindness. His love for them and for all those who are called by His Name is like a father’s love for His children or like a mother’s love for her little ones. It is very tender and comionate. Jesus loves us all so much that He came seeking for us. He did not come to condemn us but to save us.

When the people whom God had chosen for Himself continued to sin and to turn away from Him, rather than cutting them off forever, God was willing to reason and to plead with them. “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the LORD, “THOUGH YOUR SINS ARE LIKE SCARLET, THEY SHALL BE AS WHITE AS SNOW; THOUGH THEY ARE RED LIKE CRIMSON, THEY SHALL BE AS WOOL” (ISAIAH 1:18 NKJV). THIS IS A VERY PATIENT, KIND, GENTLE, LOVING, AND FORGIVING GOD. HE DOES NOT GET ANGRY EASILY BUT IS ALWAYS QUICK TO FORGIVE. HE ASKED THE QUESTION OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL, “CAN A MOTHER FORGET THE BABY AT HER BREAST AND HAVE NO COMION ON THE CHILD SHE HAS BORNE? THOUGH SHE MAY FORGET, I WILL NOT FORGET YOU!” (ISAIAH 49:15 NIV).

God was determined to save and to protect His people even when they failed to see or understand the height or depth of His amazing love for them. He sent His Son, Jesus, to do the reconciliation, to restore mankind to their former glory before the fall of Adam. The apostle Paul taught, “Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their treses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation” (2 Corinthians 5:18–19 NKJV). What God said to the Jewish people in days of old, Jesus is saying to all of His children today. He cannot possibly forget us! He died to save us! Do you need more proof of God’s love for you or of the value of your soul? Okay. Let’s go on.

God’s great love for you is very evident in His plans to bless you. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “PLANS TO PROSPER YOU AND NOT TO HARM YOU, PLANS TO GIVE YOU HOPE AND A FUTURE” (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV). God has something wonderful in store for everyone who will turn from their old way of living and turn to Him. God has something wonderful for everyone who will make Him their God and Lord of their lives. God has plans to wipe your slate clean if you will confess your sins to Him. He will no longer hold any of your sins against you. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” (2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV). When God forgives you, He does so completely. He re your sins no more. You become a new creation in Him and will share in all the rich blessings that He promised to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and their descendants forever.

It is great love indeed that gives us the awesome privilege to become children of the Most High God! “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him” (1 John 3:1 NIV). It is a great honor indeed to be called sons and daughters of the Most High God, the great King of all kings and Lord of lords! Can it possibly get any better than this?

If you are a child of God, then you are a part of the royal family of God. You are royalty! Most people would see it as a major achievement and an extremely high honor to be seen publicly in the company of an earthly king or queen or simply with any famous individual. We, however, have the awesome opportunity to be Princes and Princesses of the greatest King to ever live, Jesus Christ Himself, the everlasting God and the Prince of Peace!

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy” (1 Peter 2:9–10 NIV). Everyone who receives Jesus as their Lord has the amazing privilege of becoming t-heir with Christ! It keeps on getting better and better! “And if children, then heirs—heirs of God and t heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together” (Romans 8:17 NKJV). This is amazing love and generosity! A very gracious and loving God indeed!

Jesus said to His twelve disciples, “I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you” (John 15:15 NIV). For all those who love God, we are not only children of God and t heirs with Christ but friends of God also. We must be of extremely high value for God to go to such great lengths to save our souls and to shower down such extravagant blessings and honor upon us.

Chapter 5 Behold, I will Do a New Thing

Do not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. —Isaiah 43:18–19 (NKJV)

For me, it is always a delight to hear directly from God. It is a pleasure to hear His voice and to have Him direct me in everything I do. If the great Omnipotent God who stretched out the curtains of heaven, laid the foundations of the world and created every living thing there is, tells me to let go of the old and make room for the new, rest assured that I am not going to question His motives. I am simply going to do it. There is none greater than He is and neither is there anyone like Him.

He is most awesome, all powerful, all knowledgeable and the master of all wisdom. If He tells me that He is going to do a new thing in my life, rest assured that I am going to leap for joy because I know that whatever new thing He introduces is going to be good. God gives only good gifts. From the mouth of Jesus himself, “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!” (Matthew 7:11 NKJV).

If God tells you that He is going to birth something new, it is because the old has become obsolete or was seriously flawed. It is because His love for you is so great that He wants to give you the very best of everything. He knows what is best for you and He will move heaven and earth just to get it to you.

The ordinance of sacrificing animals year after year upon the altar was never effective in taking away the sins of the people offering up the sacrifices. Additionally, the people whom God sanctified and set apart for Himself, failed again and again at living within the will of God and obeying His command to be faithful and true and to worship Him only. They had tremendous difficulties ing the Mosaic Laws along with all the other ordinances and obeying them. Furthermore, except for King David who delights in the laws of God, there was no visible joy in keeping the laws or in the act of sacrificing animals upon the altar year after year.

Because of this limitation in the laws and in the blood of animals for the remission of sins, God declared that He will do a new thing. He told His chosen people to forget the former things and consider them no more. The old is done away with. It is time to make room for the new. The former things were inadequate in accomplishing God’s perfect will. He announced that He will birth a new plan which will completely transcend the old. This new thing will spring forth from among His chosen people, the Jewish nation of Israel, and will be for their glory and for the blessings of the whole world. God will birth a new thing that will bring immeasurable joy and gladness to all. It will flow in great abundance and will transform and greatly enrich the lives of everyone who is willing to embrace it.

This new thing that God declared He would do would be unlike anything that He had ever done before. It would be unprecedented and wonderfully extravagant. A road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert places is a promise that one can hardly resist. It is the promise of something wonderful and abundant in nature. This promise came from the same God who displayed His great and awesome power in parting the waters of the Red Sea and leading the children of Israel

through it on dry ground. It came from the same God who allowed the waters to come back together, so drowning King Pharaoh’s army as they ran in after the people of God.

He miraculously made a way for His people during their time of wandering in the wilderness and fed them manna from heaven. To these precious and dearly beloved people, God was a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night as He led them through the wilderness. He caused water to flow from a rock to quench their thirsts and refresh their bodies. This was a show of God’s amazing and unending love and grace towards His people and of His power, majesty, and sovereignty over the heavens and the earth. It testifies to the fact that there is nothing too hard for Him to do. He called everything into being and He reigns supreme over all the heavens and the earth.

If God said that He is going to do a new thing then you can rest assured that He will bring it to . The question, therefore, is how receptive are you to this new thing? Are you willing to receive it and give yourself the opportunity to enjoy the fullness and the richness of it? Are you willing to turn and walk completely away from the old in order to embrace the new? Are you willing to let go of the old and grab hold of a new and better way of life?

God promised that He will do a new thing which will bring life and light to the wilderness and flow like rivers in the desert places so bringing to it new life, new energy and an end to the season of drought. The earth will sing for joy and the trees will bow their heads in praises to the Lord Almighty. God declared, “This people I have formed for Myself; They shall declare My praise” (Isaiah 43:21 NKJV). This new thing that God declared he will do, will spring up from among His elect and they will speak of His majesty and power and of His love towards the whole human race. The Jewish nation of Israel will declare His glory.

Once you see and know this new thing which God proclaimed that He will do, there will be no holding back the praises. They will flow freely and in great

abundance from a heart that is deeply blessed and fully satisfied. You, too, will declare the greatness and the goodness of our Almighty God. The richness of His blessings will flow like rivers in the desert places and into the deep recesses of your mind and will quench your parched and thirsty soul. You will then rise up and bless God for all His goodness and for all his love from a grateful heart.

What is this new thing that God promised to bring about? What is this thing that would spring forth as if it has a life of its own? God asked, “Shall you not know it?” God was enthusiastic in declaring this new thing and in making it known to all so that all could embrace it as one embraces life itself. Let us go back to the preceding chapter of Isaiah to see what light had been shone on this new thing that God spoke of. “See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you” (Isaiah 42:9 NIV). What did God announce? Let’s go back a little further into this same chapter to see.

Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles. He will not cry out, nor raise His voice, nor cause His voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed He will not break, and smoking flax He will not quench; He will bring forth justice for truth. He will not fail nor be discouraged, till He has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands shall wait for His law.” Thus says God the LORD , who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to those who walk on it: “I, the LORD , have called You in righteousness, and will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, as a light to the Gentiles, To open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from the prison, those who sit in darkness from the prison house. I am the

LORD , that is My name; and My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to carved images. Behold, the former things have come to , and new things I declare; Before they spring forth I tell you of them. (Isaiah 42:1–9 NKJV)

This exceedingly good news came to the people of Israel during a time of deep despair when, because of their sins, God had removed His protective edge from around them which gave the Babylonians room to plunder and take them into captivity to Babylon. 2 Kings chapters 24 and 25 gave an of two separate captivities of the kings of Judah and of the people of Jerusalem by the Babylonians. In the first raid, King Jehoiachin, all of his household, the rich and nobles among the people of Jerusalem, and all highly skilled laborers, a total of ten thousand people, were captured and taken into exile by the Babylonians. The only people who were left behind were the poorest of the land.

The second siege upon Jerusalem and the land of Judah several years later was even greater than the first. Judgment was pronounced upon King Zedekiah who was made king in the place of King Jehoiachin. His sons were killed before his eyes, after which King Zedekiah’s eyes were gouged out. He was then bound with bronze fetters and taken captive to Babylon. Many other officers were brutally murdered during this raid. The Lord’s house, the king’s house and the house of all the great men were burnt with fire and the multitude taken captive to Babylon. Again, only the poorest of the land were left behind as vinedressers and farmers.

In Psalm 137, the psalmist described the harsh treatment that the Jewish people received in Babylon. As the Hebrew people sat down by the rivers of Babylon and ed where they were and where they had fallen from, they wept. They wept when they ed Zion. They were asked by the Babylonians to sing to them one of the songs of Zion but they couldn’t. Their hearts were too heavy with grief and they couldn’t bring themselves to sing the Lord’s songs in a strange land. As these seemingly forgotten people from the land of Judah wept and lamented their sins and their exile, their cry went up to God and He sent his

prophet Isaiah to them with a word of hope. Through the prophet Isaiah, God comforted His beloved people.

Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine. When you through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you. For I am the LORD YOUR GOD, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, YOUR SAVIOR. (ISAIAH 43:1 –3 NKJV)

God’s great love and comion for His chosen and beloved people, the people of Israel is so amazing. His promises to them are so rich and extravagant. He formed these people for Himself and anyone who oppresses them would better beware because God is extremely protective of His people. His tender love for them is like that of a father for His children. He called them His sons and His daughters. He was greatly grieved by their cry of distress as they were being oppressed by the Babylonians. He arose Himself from His holy dwelling and came to their rescue. His words were very soothing and rich with promise and hope for the future:

Since you were precious in My sight, You have been honored, and I have loved you; Therefore I will give men for you, and people for your life. Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, and gather you from the west; I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ And to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—Everyone who is called by My name, whom I have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him. (Isaiah 43:4–7 NKJV)

When the Babylonians took the people of Israel into captivity, they took only the

nobles of the land and the highly skilled workers. God vindicated His beloved people by bringing down all the nobles of Babylon.

“Thus saith the LORD, YOUR REDEEMER, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL; FOR YOUR SAKE I HAVE SENT TO BABYLON, AND HAVE BROUGHT DOWN ALL THEIR NOBLES, AND THE CHALDEANS, WHOSE CRY IS IN THE SHIPS” (ISAIAH 43:14 KJV). GOD THEN REMINDED HIS PEOPLE WHO HE IS; THE LORD, THEIR HOLY ONE, THE CREATOR OF ISRAEL, THEIR KING. HE IS GOD AND BESIDE HIM, THERE IS NO SAVIOR. HE IS THE GOD WHO MADE A WAY FOR THEM IN THE SEA AND PARTED THE MIGHTY WATERS SO THEY COULD CROSS OVER ON DRY GROUND. HE IS THE GOD WHO BROUGHT DOWN THE MIGHTY CHARIOTS AND HORSES OF PHARAOH AND HIS MIGHTY ARMY. HE IS GOD AND THERE IS NONE THAT CAN DELIVER OUT OF HIS HAND. THERE IS NO ONE FROM WHOM HE TAKES COUNSEL. HE IS ALL POWERFUL, ALL HOLY, ALL MIGHTY. THERE IS NOTHING TOO HARD FOR HIM!

THROUGH THE PROPHET Isaiah, God proclaimed to His chosen people that He will do a new thing among them. The old had become obsolete so they should it no more. This new thing will spring forth for all to see. His people whom He formed for Himself will declare His praise. Even the beast of the field and every living creature will honor God because of what He is about to do in order to honor His people. He promised to give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert places in order to give drink to His chosen people.

God declared that He will send His faithful and spirit-filled Servant in whom His soul delights to bring about justice throughout all the wilderness of the earth. This beloved and chosen Servant will not grow weary or discouraged and He certainly will not fail at the task to which He was sent forth. He will not stop until He has established justice and truth to the Gentiles and from one corner of the earth to the other.

This Spirit-filled Servant will not come as a mighty warrior to vindicate His people but He will come as a liberator who will bring freedom and justice throughout all the earth and hope to all people. Through His great teachings, He will open up the eyes of the spiritually blind and the people will put their hope and trust in Him. They will patiently wait upon Him and for His doctrine with great joy and gladness of heart and will delight in the richness of it. He will give light and hope to all who receive Him and embrace His truths. With enlightenment will come liberation from the chains of oppression and the bondages of sin.

This humble and Spirit-filled Servant will not cry out or argue with anyone in the streets and He will not start a fight with anyone. “A bruised reed he will not break.” He will not hurt or destroy anyone but with love, comion, humility, gentleness of heart, and exceeding great wisdom, He will minister to the needs of the poor, those who are bound by chains, the blind, the oppressed, the hungry, the souls of those who are thirsty and will teach them a new way of life.

He will give Himself totally and completely to them and will shine His light into a world made dark by sin and give sight and light to all those who are blind both physically and spiritually. His love will flow like rivers of water and will warm the hearts of all those who receive it and give them a hope that extends well beyond their current realities. He will completely revolutionize their way of thinking and give them a brand new perspective on life that will transcend everything they ever knew. He will completely liberate their souls. Like a caterpillar after it has been transformed into a beautiful butterfly, the lives of those who put their trust in this humble Servant will be totally transformed and greatly enriched!

Who is this humble Servant that God has called in righteousness, whose hand He will hold? Who is this humble Servant whom God has promised to keep and to give as a covenant to his people and a light to the Gentiles? This humble Servant is none other than His one and only Son, Jesus, the Christ, in whom his soul delights. He is the promised Messiah, the Root and Offspring of David, the new

covenant to the house of Israel and a light to the Gentile nations. The former things, that is, the old covenant, is done away with and is replaced by Jesus, the spotless Lamb of God who would shed His blood upon the cross at mount Calvary to atone for the sins of the whole world. He is the ‘new thing’ that God declared will spring forth for all to see.

Hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus, Isaiah prophesied, “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good” (Isaiah 7:14–15 NKJV).

Isaiah later gave some more information concerning this child to be born:

For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the LORD OF HOSTS WILL PERFORM THIS. (ISAIAH 9:6 –7 NKJV)

This was no ordinary baby! Everything about Him was extraordinary! He would be conceived by a virgin no less! The names given to Him declared to us that God Himself will live among us in Jesus, His Son, and will bring salvation and light to all people. This child was the promised Messiah of Israel and a Light to the Gentile nations, the God of the whole wide world! He will be the Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father and the Prince of Peace! Can God possibly make this child’s identity any clearer?

God made this promise to King David, “Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever” (2 Samuel 7:16 NIV). Now in Isaiah 9 verses 6 and 7, (see earlier text) God is saying through the prophet Isaiah that there will be no end to the reign of this Child upon King David’s throne! Hundreds of years later and sometime after His resurrection from the dead, Jesus declared to John in a vision, “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star” (Revelation 22:16 NIV).

This child, Jesus, Son of the Most High God, and offspring of David, will rule the world forever and forever. God Himself will dwell among us! Heaven will come down to earth and bring hope and light and deliverance to the Gentile nations and glory and honor to the people of Israel. Israel will receive the glory because they will give birth to this holy Child, Jesus, who will bring salvation and life to all the nations of the world.

In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.” “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. For no word from God will ever fail.” “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her. (Luke 1:26–38 NIV)

This is such an amazingly beautiful true story! It leaves a very warm glow inside my heart. Isaiah’s prophecy was about to be fulfilled. A virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, the Son of the Most High God! The virgin, Mary, has found favor with God and will be highly blessed among women. What an amazing privilege that was for Mary to be chosen to carry our Lord in her womb, to give birth to Him, to nurse Him and to watch Him grow up! The Christ Child! The Messiah of Israel! The Savior of the whole world! Of His kingdom, there will be no end! I would have loved to have been there! Still, I have the awesome privilege of having Mary’s Son, the Son of the Most High God, live in my heart every day and to have Him lead me and guide me in all things. Mary’s humble submission to the will of God is one to be greatly ired and aspired to. I am so very glad that she was willing to carry my Lord in her womb!

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS , for He will save His people from their sins.” So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us. (Matthew 1:18–23 NKJV)

The very same day that Jesus was born, an Angel announced His birth to some nearby shepherds as they watched their flocks by night:

And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!” (Luke 2:9–14 NKJV)

What a truly joyful occasion that was! The heavenly host heralded Jesus’ birth and worshipped Him with their song! Jesus, the Messiah, has come and will bring great joy to all people!

Sometime before the birth of Jesus, God revealed to Simeon, a righteous and devout Jew living in Jerusalem, that He would not see death until he had looked upon the Messiah with His own eyes. When Mary and Joseph brought the baby Jesus to the temple to be circumcised, the Holy Spirit led Simeon into the temple. When he held the baby Jesus in his hands, he blessed God saying, “Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace, according to Your word; For my eyes have seen Your salvation which You have prepared before the face of all peoples, A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel” (Luke 2:29–32 NKJV).

The Holy Spirit revealed to Simeon that Jesus was the Messiah, the humble Servant whom God had called in righteousness to bring the light of salvation to the Gentiles, and glory to His people, Israel.

Many years later, when the people of Israel saw John the Baptist, the forerunner of Jesus, baptizing with water and preparing the way for them to receive Jesus, they thought that He was the Messiah but John immediately set them straight. “The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if

John might possibly be the Messiah. John answered them all, “I baptize you with water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire” (Luke 3:15-17 NIV). “The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, ‘Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!’” (John 1:29 NIV).

After His baptism in the river Jordan by John the Baptist, “Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased” (Matthew 3:16–17 NKJV).

God called His beloved Son, Jesus, in righteousness, placed His Holy Spirit upon Him and sent Him as a humble Servant to His people, Israel, and a Light to the Gentiles. He gave Him the firm assurance that He will be with Him, that He will hold His hand, that He will keep Him and that He will not fail. He sent Him as a New Covenant, a covenant of love and grace, to the house of Israel and a Liberator who will bring light and liberty to the Gentiles by opening their minds and revealing the ways of Christ to them.

Jesus came as the Light of the world to give light and liberty to all, to set the prisoners free, to open up the eyes of the blind, to relieve the burdens of all those who are oppressed, to make the lame walk, and to heal the broken hearted. God sent His Son, Jesus, to shine His light in the dark wilderness of the world so that all may see His great light and be led out of spiritual darkness into His marvelous light and glory.

Through the gospel of Jesus, the minds of the Gentiles were finally opened to the knowledge of the truth. We finally had the great privilege of learning who God is

and the immense joy of being reconciled to Him. We had the pleasure of learning that God is love and have our hearts and minds opened up to love God and others. We received the thrill of knowing that Jesus loves us too. God gave to the Gentile nations all the blessings of the new covenant when He sent Jesus as a Light to the Gentiles.

Jesus, in sending to us the apostle Paul to further enlighten us concerning the gospel, showed his special love for the Gentile race who formerly did not receive God’s special favor. The apostle Paul taught, “For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:6 NKJV). Jesus came and brought with Him deliverance and salvation to the people of Israel and to all the other nations of the world to reconcile us to God. This gives us freedom to fulfill the purpose for which we were created, that is, to bring glory and praise to God.

Jesus confirmed publicly that He was that Servant called in righteousness to liberate all those who are in bondage and to bring hope to the hopeless. He read from the scrolls of the prophet, Isaiah (Isaiah 61): “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor” (Luke 4:18–19 NIV). After reading this age, He declared, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing” (Luke 4:21 NIV).

Jesus is the New Covenant, the ‘new thing,’ that God had declared would spring forth. He was sent as a Deliverer and a Savior to all the nations of the world. He came to shower God’s unmerited favor to all those who are in bondage, to the poor, to the outcast, to the underprivileged in society and to everyone who will receive Him.

This New Covenant was sealed by the shedding of His blood upon the cross for

the remission of all our sins. He died to pay the penalty for the sins of the whole world. Jesus bore our sins, our grief, our sorrows, our sicknesses and our diseases upon Himself when He was nailed to the cross. As a result, all those who receive Him become the righteousness of God in Christ and have the privilege to receive healing for their physical bodies and freedom from oppression.

God declared through the prophet Isaiah, “For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign LORD WILL MAKE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PRAISE SPRING UP BEFORE ALL NATIONS” (ISAIAH 61:11 NIV). THE WORD OF GOD CANNOT RETURN TO HIM VOID BUT IT WILL ACCOMPLISH WHATEVER HE WILLS. HE SENT HIS SON, JESUS, TO BRING ABOUT A REVIVAL AND A RESTORATION IN THE WILDERNESS OF THE EARTH AND PROMISED HIM THAT HE WILL NOT FAIL. GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT WAS IN JESUS AND HE WORKED THROUGH HIM TO RECONCILE THE WORLD UNTO HIMSELF.

GOD’S PLAN WAS THAT THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST SHOULD BRING HEALING AND RESTORATION TO ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD. HE PURPOSED THAT THE FRUITS OF THIS GREAT SALVATION — RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PRAISE — WILL BREAK OUT AMONG ALL THE NATIONS, AS THE SOULS OF THE PEOPLE ARE RESTORED AND THEY REJOICE BEFORE THE GOD OF THEIR SALVATION.

GREAT SINGING, SHOUTING, AND REJOICING WILL BREAK FORTH AS A RESULT OF THIS GREAT REVIVAL AND RESTORATION AND WILL GO UP AS PRAISE TO GOD CONTINUALLY. THIS GREAT REVIVAL CANNOT BE HIDDEN BUT WILL BREAK OUT AMONG ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD AND ALL WILL SEE IT AND GLORIFY GOD. THIS GREAT SALVATION WILL SPRING FORTH AND FLOURISH AND EVERYONE WILL SEE AND KNOW WHO GOD IS. EVERYONE WHO RECEIVES JESUS AND HIS GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION

BECOMES SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE MOST HIGH GOD AND SHINES LIKE STARS IN THE KINGDOM OF OUR GOD.

JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED, THE JUST FOR THE UNJUST, DURING ONE FATEFUL JEWISH OVER BUT ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD THREE DAYS LATER. JESUS, THE SPOTLESS LAMB OF GOD, BECAME THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB. HE DIED TO PAY THE PENALTY FOR SIN, ONCE FOR ALL TIMES SO THAT WE MAY GO FREE. HE DIED SO THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. HIS BODY WAS BROKEN FOR US AND HIS BLOOD WAS POURED OUT TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION THREE DAYS LATER BIRTHED A NEW WAY OF LIFE, AN ABUNDANT LIFE, FOR ALL THOSE WHO WILL EMBRACE IT.

TWO DAYS BEFORE THE OVER, Jesus revealed to His disciples that He will be handed over to be crucified during the over (Matthew 26:1–2) and that His body will be broken and His blood poured out for all. His disciples, who had the immense privilege of spending every day for three and a half years with Him, were very upset by this revelation and wanted to die with Him.

As Jesus sat with the twelve, “A woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table” (Matthew 26:7 NIV). She didn’t realize it then but she was actually anointing Jesus in preparation for His burial. (Matthew 26:12). Jesus, the great Creator of the entire universe was about to become the sacrificial Lamb, the loving Savior of the whole human race.

It was no accident that Jesus was crucified during the over. This is the time of year when a lamb, first born of its mother and without spots or blemishes, would be sacrificed upon the altar. The blood that is poured out and the sweet smelling flavor as the lamb is roasted upon the altar would go up to God as a sin offering. When God smells this sweet smelling savor, He forgives the sins of the

people and removes all unrighteousness from them.

This cleansing however does not last forever because this same sacrifice is offered up year after year. Jesus became the sacrifice for sin that fateful Jewish over, and put an end to sacrifices for sin. God chose His Son, Jesus, to be the spotless Lamb to sacrifice his life once as a sin offering for the whole human race. The power in the blood of Jesus to wash away our sins will never end and so there is no longer any need to sacrifice animals upon the altar.

As Jesus and His disciples celebrated the over that evening, “He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you” (Luke 22:19–20 NIV). As often as we partake of the Holy Communion/Lord’s supper, we celebrate Jesus’ great sacrifice for all of mankind.

God declared that He would give his Servant whom He called in righteousness as a covenant to the people. Jesus was given as that covenant to show us the way of salvation and to reconcile us to God. He was wounded because of our sins. The prophet, Isaiah, declared, “But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5 NKJV). He died so that we may receive forgiveness of sins, cleansing from all unrighteousness and for the healing and deliverance of all the nations of the world. Because of God’s amazing love for us, He gave us the ultimate sacrifice for sin and the offer of abundant and eternal life with Him.

This new thing that God declared that He would do, sprung forth for all the world to see when He gave His one and only Son to redeem us from the clutches of sin and death. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life”

(John 3:16 NKJV). The disciples of Jesus testified to this truth. “We have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world” (1 John 4:14 NIV).

After His crucifixion, Jesus spent three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Like a seed that was planted, He sprung up, and His great branches are still reaching out to all the inhabitants of the earth to give life, vitality, and freedom to all those who are wise enough to seek shelter under its shadows. Yes, God raised Jesus from the dead after three days just like He promised and because Jesus lives, everyone who believes in Him, will live again and will have an incorruptible body like His. Through Him, we have a hope of eternal life. He breathes life into our dying souls and flows like rivers of water into the desert places to quench the souls of all those who are thirsty.

This great salvation through Jesus brings light, life, vitality and joy to everyone who receives it. It shines in the dark wilderness of the world and gives new hope, new life and a future to all those who embrace it. This rich, full, and free salvation through Jesus flows in great abundance. The souls of all those who receive and embrace it delight in its fatness and in its great richness.

“He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth” (Isaiah 53:7 NIV). Jesus was beaten mercilessly, almost to the point of death. Then, “The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face” (John 19:2–3 NIV). After Pilate gave the final order to take Him and crucify Him, a humongous and heavy wooden cross was placed upon His shoulders.

Jesus was expected to carry his own cross, weak as he was after being beaten to within inches of His life. The cross was so heavy and He was in so much pain and agony both physically, emotionally, and mentally that He fell several times

under the burden of it and the burden of the sins of the whole world. As if that wasn’t enough, when they got to the top of the hill, they lay his back against the cross he just carried with the help of a stranger. Then without any mercy or comion, the soldiers pounded on the rusty old nails and drove them into his hands and feet pinning Him to the cross.

As He hung there on the cross in great agony, the blood trickling from his brows, his hands and his feet, and his entire body oozing blood and throbbing from the pain and the agony that had been inflicted upon him, many mocked Him saying that He saved others but could not save himself. They hurled many insults at Him, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!” (Matthew 27:40 NIV).

Jesus was indeed the Son of God and had power to come down from the cross if He wanted to. However, He came to this earth to fulfill His Father’s will which included sacrificing His life upon the cross for all. He was and still is the Mighty God and Wonderful Counselor promised to us long ago. Jesus came to fulfill His Father’s plan to give Himself as a sacrifice for the sins of the whole world.

The night before His crucifixion, He was in great agony as He prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done” (Matthew 26:42 NIV). Jesus did not come down from the cross because it was for that very purpose He came to this earth, to give His life as a ransom for all humankind. Jesus endured all the pain, the scorn, the shame and the sufferings because of His amazing love for us. Even as He hung upon the cross in excruciating pain and agony, He pleaded with his Father to forgive the sins of all those responsible for inflicting such pain and agony upon him. He forgave them because, as He said, they did not know what they were doing.

This kind of selfless love is well beyond what the human mind can comprehend. This is the ultimate sacrifice. Jesus said to His disciples, “Greater love has no

one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” (John 15:13 NIV). Jesus demonstrated His great love for us when He sacrificed His own life for us upon the cross to pay the penalty for our sins. He is Savior and Lord to all those who believe in Him and accept his great sacrifice for us. He alone is the Savior of the world. “I, even I, am the LORD, AND BESIDES ME there is no savior” (Isaiah 43:11 NKJV). Whether or not you accept Him as your Lord and Savior, He is still God of the whole universe!

Through this new covenant, God forgives and removes the sins of everyone who believes. We become righteous through faith in Jesus and by cleansing through His blood. Jesus loves us so much that He died in our place to set us free from the burden and the penalty of sin and to reestablish a relationship with us. “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace” (Ephesians 1:7 NKJV). He said that He will not turn away anyone who comes to Him. For this very purpose He came into this world. “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost” (Luke 19:10 NIV). If we repent of our sins, he will forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. “I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and re your sins no more” (Isaiah 43:25 NIV).

Once you come to Jesus and repent of your sins, He forgives you. He immediately lifts your heavy burden of sin and sets you free. You need not feel guilty or burdened by your sins anymore because they are no longer there. He forgives you and removes your sins far away from you and He re them no more. “He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west” (Psalm 103:12 NLT). He wipes your slate clean and gives you a fresh new start. It is as if you had never had sin because in God’s eyes; there is no trace of your former sins or your former way of life. Your sins, though they were red as crimson, are now as white as wool. You are now a new creation in Him. In His eyes, you are righteous. With the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, you are bornagain without spots and without blemishes. Now, with a grateful heart, you can give God thanks for His unmerited love, mercy and grace that flows so richly to set you free from the bondages of sin.

“This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the LORD. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people” (Jeremiah 31:33 NIV). This new covenant that God made to the people of Israel, He also made to all those who receive Jesus by faith. God puts His law in our minds and writes them on our hearts through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit by whom we receive the adoption of sons and daughters of God. This is amazing love!

God declared and has brought forth a new thing that freely offers salvation to all, a new thing that His Son, Jesus, paid for with His life and now we can enjoy all the rich and abundant blessings of God. It is great love indeed that moves us from the position of enemies of God to the elevated positions of sons and daughters of the Most High God. When God forgives, He does so completely, without any reservation and He does not hold our sins against us anymore. Now we have great freedom to live in the presence of God and bask in His love and the rich blessings that flow so freely and abundantly from Him.

The apostle Paul taught:

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:17–21 NIV)

The love of God is rich, powerful, all-encoming and beyond human comprehension. It is like a circle that has no end. It goes on perpetually and reaches higher than the heavens, wider than the ocean and deeper than the sea. It

is so amazing and so extravagant. It leads God to make to us exceedingly great promises that extends high above and beyond what we could ever ask or think.

His ways are extraordinary and His thoughts higher than what we can achieve or even grasp. He promises to do for us what no one else could even imagine much less accomplish. “And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them” (Isaiah 42:16 KJV).

God promises to be with His people, that is, the Jewish nation of Israel and all those who believe on Him and receive Him by faith. He promises to hold our hands, to guide us, to protect us, to deliver us from all harm and danger and to abundantly supply all our needs. He promised that we will not be overcome by the storms of life because He is our Savior, our Protector, our Lord and that His presence will always be with us.

It is a great and wonderful thing indeed to hear God say to you, “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine” (Isaiah 43:1 NKJV). How comforting and exhilarating is that! The people to whom this statement was directed must have immediately felt relief from their anxiety and distress, and their fears suddenly and magically melted away. How wonderful and amazing it is to have the Most High God tell you that you belong to Him and that you should not be afraid because He will protect and deliver you? “You are mine!” It is such a pleasure to feel and know that you belong to someone, that you are not alone and that someone cares about you and sees you as someone special.

The Gentile nations were probably at one time jealous of the love that God showered down upon the Jews but now we no longer need to be jealous because God has extended this same love to us. The same God who says to Israel, “I have called you by name; you are Mine,” also said of the Gentile nations, “And I will

have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; Then I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people!’ And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’” (Hosea 2: 23 NKJV).

No matter how many times I read or heard this age read, my heart leaps with exceeding great joy every time. God included me and all other Gentiles in His great plan of salvation for which I shall be forever grateful! The children of God need not be afraid because we belong to God and He will protect us! We are indeed blessed far above and beyond anything that our limited minds could ever conceive!

This new covenant in the blood of Jesus has brought salvation to the Jews and to every nation of the world. It has given life, light, hope, joy, and peace to all those who receive it and embrace it. It has completely revolutionized our lives. It gives us a hope of eternal life and the peace that es all understanding. To everyone who receives this new covenant and makes Jesus Lord of their lives, God gave the assurance that heaven is their home. This new covenant in the blood of Jesus is rich, full, powerful, abundant, transforming, and liberating. It fulfills the prophecy, “Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation” (Isaiah 12:3 NKJV). This new hope of eternal life puts a song of praise in our hearts continually. We can’t help but sing songs of praise and adoration to Jesus daily for being our Light and our Salvation.

Because of the richness of this new covenant and its power to liberate the soul, God commanded all the people, from one corner of the earth to the other: “Sing to the LORD A NEW SONG, HIS PRAISE FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, YOU WHO GO DOWN TO THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IS IN IT, YOU ISLANDS, AND ALL WHO LIVE IN THEM. LET THE WILDERNESS AND ITS TOWNS RAISE THEIR VOICES; LET THE SETTLEMENTS WHERE KEDAR LIVES REJOICE. LET THE PEOPLE OF SELA SING FOR JOY; LET THEM SHOUT FROM THE MOUNTAINTOPS. LET THEM GIVE GLORY TO THE LORD AND PROCLAIM HIS PRAISE IN THE ISLANDS” (ISAIAH 42:10–12 NIV).

It is very difficult, if not impossible, to know Jesus in all His fullness and not rejoice. Knowing Jesus and accepting Him as your Lord and Savior is a feeling unlike any other. It is rich and deeply satisfying. It fills your heart with joy and gladness and you can’t help but sing aloud His praises and share it with everyone you meet.

I can’t stop singing. There is a song of praise in my heart continually and a deep joy that I cannot explain. Knowing Jesus empowers you to walk daily in His rich and abundant blessings and gives you a hope within that burns brighter as the days go by. Knowing who Jesus is and experiencing Him for yourself on a daily basis makes your soul feel like a well-watered garden. The presence of Jesus and of the Holy Spirit quenches your thirsty soul and feeds you with hidden manna from above. Being in the presence of Jesus every day is like a continual feast that will never end.

This hope that we have in Jesus empowers us to march forward each day with the strength of mighty conquerors. If you do not have this hope in you then it can be yours also. Every child of God has a hope in Him of which we are not ashamed. We have eternal life through Jesus! We are kings and priests unto God! Jesus, the great King of all kings is with us always. He is always only a breath or a prayer away. Reach out by faith and touch Him and know for yourself that He is there for you and will never leave you nor forsake you.

Let Jesus Do a New Thing in Your Life

Jesus wants to do a new thing in your life today. Will you let Him? His desire is to adopt you into the family of God and revitalize your whole life – body, mind, soul, spirit. He yearns to breathe new life into your spirit and renew your mind until you are completely transformed into His image and likeness. His love for

you is so great that He will move heaven and earth just to make sure that you have everything you need to be completely satisfied in Him. Your happiness and fulfillment is His greatest delight. His greatest desire for you is to see you completely whole, reconciled to God, and walking daily in your beautiful and perfectly wonderful Divine destiny.

Aren’t you tired of the same old thing day after day? Don’t you yearn for a new and better way of life? Aren’t you tired of the disappointments, the failures, of not being able to make two ends meet? Aren’t you tired of making all the big and tough decisions on your own? Why don’t you consider bringing Jesus into the discussions and let Him guide your decision-making and help you solve all your problems?

Jesus wants to bring about a complete transformation in your life and shower you with more blessings than you have room to receive. He wants to enrich your life and grant you the desires of your heart. This new thing that He wants to do in your life can begin right now, right where you are and will last throughout all eternity. He said, “When the poor and needy search for water and there is none, and their tongues are parched from thirst, then I, the LORD, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will never abandon them” (Isaiah 41:17 NLT).

Jesus wants to give you everything you need and more. It would give Him great pleasure to give you His Father’s Kingdom. There are many, many mansions in His Father’s Kingdom and everything that the Father has is His to give. His riches are vast and immeasurable and can never be depleted. His desire is to shower down upon you His everlasting love and kindness and life in abundance. He wants to shower down upon you more riches and blessings than you have room to receive. He is a very loving and generous God and Father to all His children. He wants to take care of you.

Don’t you think it is time to let someone else take care of you? Someone who genuinely loves you and wants to give you everything in great abundance?

Someone who cannot fail and who will never abandon you? Don’t you want to simply lay all your problems on someone else’s big broad shoulders, rest your head on His bosom and relax while all your cares slowly melt away?

Jesus wants to do that for you and much, much more. I think it is time you consider accepting His great offer. No one else can match His offer. No one else can even come close to matching His extraordinary and wildly extravagant offer. Jesus loves you like a father loves his child and wants to protect you, lead you and guide you in everything you do. The knock you hear on the door of your heart right now is His. He longs to have fellowship with you. Will you open up and let him come in? Will you surrender completely to Him and make Him truly Lord of your life?

Chapter 6 The Power of the Cross

But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. —Isaiah 53:5 (NKJV)

God frequently communicates to me through dreams and visions as He leads me and inspires me to fulfill His purpose for my life. On August 7, 2016, as I slept in my bed that night, God gave me three great visions. In the first vision, I saw Jesus stretched out upon the cross. There were great pain and sorrows in His eyes as He hung there and I could see blood oozing from His wounds. He looked straight at me and our eyes met as I gazed back at Him.

I felt drawn to Him for a closer look so I got up from where I was seated, took a few steps forward and then, with the camera on my iPhone, took a picture of Him as He hung there upon the cross. I felt the need to capture the look of Him upon the cross and to carry it with me forever. As this vision of Jesus upon the cross faded away, I felt an extremely warm heat blowing onto the palm of my right hand. I woke up with this very intense warmth in my right palm.

As I drifted off to sleep again that night, I had a second vision. In this vision, Jesus revealed to me that His return is imminent and impressed upon me my duty to share this knowledge with others in order that they might prepare themselves for His coming. I do not know the day or the hour of His return but

felt a great sense of urgency about it. I got the feeling that we are very quickly running out of time.

In the third vision that night, I saw myself street evangelizing. I stopped several times along the road to share the good news of the gospel with everyone I met and extended an invitation to them to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Everyone with whom I spoke along the road readily allowed me to pray with them. In one case, I spoke to a group of four and all of them readily agreed to have me pray with them.

I then walked into a large white building in which there were about five individuals. I shared my testimony of Jesus with them and then invited them to pray with me. We started praying together and the next thing I knew, the entire building was filled with a very large crowd of people. They were all standing, many of them were speaking in unknown languages and all, including me, were magnifying the name of Jesus. My ten-year-old daughter, Ashley, was also there. I don’t know how or when she got there because she was not with me initially. When I noticed her standing there beside me, I asked her to capture everything with the video on her iPhone because I didn’t want to forget that moment.

I believe, based on this last vision, that a great spiritual revival is on the way and that I will live to see it. This vision placed me right in the middle of it all. I do not know when exactly this will come to but I am expecting that it will be soon and that it will break out right here in the Northeast region of the United States of America and will possibly quickly spread to other areas.

While I wait with great expectancy for this revival to come to our region, I am praying that God will help me to become more like the person I was in this vision – bold, fearless, and purposeful – as I witnessed for Jesus. In this vision, I did not hesitate as I approached the individuals I witnessed to. I had a mission and I pursued it with a single-minded devotion. I did not look to the right or to the left. I knew where I was going and with great confidence walked

intentionally in that direction. With very little effort on my part, I effectively led many to salvation in Jesus.

It is very obvious to me that I was being led by the Holy Spirit. There is no other way to explain such quiet confidence or the huge crowd of people magnifying God towards the end of the vision.

Something wonderful and amazing happened to me that night, the very moment I made eye with Jesus as He hung there upon the cross. I was drawn like a magnet to Him and fell in love with Him all over again! My heart opened up, touched His heart and was instantaneously transformed by His amazingly wonderful and comionate love. The power of His cross held me spell-bound as I gazed at Him fully mesmerized.

His body was somewhat veiled but I could still see the redness of His blood as it oozed from His wounds. He was in so much pain and agony! I will never forget the look in His eyes as we made eye . I saw a heart filled with deep love and comion mingled with pain and agony! I felt His agonizing pain, His love, His grief, and His sorrows as He hung there, despised and forsaken.

Despite the shame of the cross and the great agony of the scourging He endured earlier that same day at the hands of the Roman soldiers, His love for the whole world propelled Him to take those fateful and agonizing steps to death upon a cross. He knew the cost yet willingly travelled the road up the hill to Golgotha, cursed, despised, forsaken, and condemned to die. The merciless Roman soldiers placed upon His shoulders which were already bruised and torn from His earlier flogging, the cursed cross upon which they later nailed Him and pierced His side. He died in our place to set us free from the harsh penalty of sin.

In this vision, Jesus pleaded with me through the look in His eyes to go tell

someone, everyone, of His great love for all mankind, and of His sacrifice upon the cross at Mount Calvary. Jesus is anxious for you to know what He did for you, not so much that you might worship Him but rather that you may be able to receive His gift of Himself to you and be saved from the harsh reality of eternal damnation. The worship comes later.

After you come to the realization of what Jesus has done for you, the worship will burst forth from a deeply grateful heart. Jesus paid the ransom for our sins with His blood and now we may go free. All that is left for us to do is believe it and receive it gladly. If we believe, the power in His shed blood upon the cross will wash away all our sins and pour healing and restoration into our hearts, into our minds, into our souls and into our bodies.

The intensely warm heat which I felt upon my right palm as the vision of Jesus upon the cross faded away was not simply a part of the vision. As I was experiencing it in the vision, it was also happening in real time. The intense warmth of it upon my hand was what woke me up. I sincerely believe that Jesus literally blew His warm breath upon my right palm to empower me to effectively share the story of the cross and of its power to heal the broken hearted, to deliver all those who are held captive, to deliver the oppressed, to heal all those who are sick and to bring the light of salvation to all those who are still lost in the darkness of sin.

It was to empower me to tell of the new life in Christ, a life free from sin, without spots or wrinkles and powered by the Holy Spirit. It was designed to empower me to tell of the love of Jesus and of the many blessings of salvation, the power of the new birth, the joys of living daily in the presence of Jesus and of the hope we have in Him. It empowered me to share the wonderful hope of eternal life that we have in Jesus, to tell of the day when death will be swallowed up in victory as the dead in Christ and those who are alive and remain faithful are caught up to meet Jesus in the air.

It gives me power to tell of that day when Jesus will make all things new and when we will receive our full adoption as sons and daughters of the Most High God. Sin, death, and decay will be destroyed forever and we will enter eternity at last with our wonderful Redeemer. The old order of life would have been done away with and there will be a new heaven and a new earth! We will know sorrows no more and will live in peace and joy and happiness for evermore!

I knew immediately after I woke out of the vision that Jesus had stood by my bedside and blew His warm breath upon the palm of my right hand. This experience is very similar to that of His disciples following His resurrection from the dead. On the first day of the week following Jesus’ crucifixion, as His disciples huddled together in a locked room for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus appeared to them. After greeting them with the words, “Peace be with you,” He showed them his nail-pierced hands and also his pierced side.

“Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven” (John 20:21–23 NIV).

After I woke up from sleep that night, I got out of bed with a deep joy in my heart and this intense warmth on my right palm and walked into the kitchen for a bottle of water. Even today, I very frequently feel this intensely warm heat in my hand especially as I write but at other times as well. This warmth is now not only in my right palm but in the left one as well. Jesus needed only to breathe His warm breath onto one palm and have it travel to the next.

Redemption of Your Soul

God’s wonderful plan of salvation was completed with Jesus’ great sacrifice upon the cross. Without the shedding of His blood, there would have been no remission of sin. Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice to redeem us from a life of sin and from eternal damnation. He died to bring healing to our souls, our minds, our bodies, and to deliver us from the powers of darkness. As He hung there upon the cross feeling forgotten, despised and forsaken, darkness fell upon the whole land for three full hours.

From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eli, Eli lema sabachthani?’ (which means ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’). When some of those standing there heard this, they said, ‘He’s calling Elijah.’ Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. The rest said, ‘Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.’ And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people. When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, ‘Surely he was the Son of God!’ (Matthew 27:45–54 NIV)

The centurion, one of the soldiers who took part in Jesus’ crucifixion along with those left to stand guard, had no choice but to testify that truly Jesus was the Son of God after all that they had seen with their own eyes that day! They realized that the darkness upon the land, the great earthquake, the splitting of the rocks, and the tombs breaking open were no ordinary acts of nature. They realized also that the ripping in two of the thick heavy veil of the temple’s curtain and all the other extraordinary things that took place as Jesus hung upon the cross and after He gave up His spirit were no ordinary acts of nature but supernatural acts of God.

The curtain of the temple which was ripped in two was used to separate the holy from the most holy place where only the high priest is allowed to enter once a year to offer up sacrifices for sin. This rip in the curtain of the Jewish temple from top to bottom forever eliminates the need for high priests to go to God on our behalf or to offer up sacrifices upon the altar for our sins.

Jesus offered up his life as a sacrifice for sin once for all times and gave all people direct access to God. Jesus has become our high priest forever and the guarantor of a far better covenant. He makes intercession to His Father continually on our behalf. All we have to do is go to Him directly and tell Him what our needs are and He will meet them because He already made provision to meet all of our needs.

Let us pause for a moment to consider what Jesus endured upon the cross in order to purchase our pardon. He was fully God but also fully human. He was the Son of God clothed in human form, in flesh and blood like the rest of us. Can you imagine being repeatedly bludgeoned with several sharp thongs and having the thongs cut deeper and deeper into your flesh with each new strike? This is what Jesus endured for you and for me and for the whole world!

We don’t know for sure how many lashes Jesus received. The maximum number allowed by Jewish law was forty (Deuteronomy 25:1–3), and they would deliberately stop at thirty-nine so as not to exceed the maximum. Jesus, however, was not flogged by the Jews but rather by the Romans, and they would not have necessarily felt a need to honor Jewish laws. We do know that Pilate, in commanding that Jesus be flogged, also warned the soldiers not to kill Him. Therefore, all we know is that Jesus was not beaten to the point of death.

In my research, I came across a very enlightening article entitled, “On The Physical Death of Jesus Christ,” written by William D, Edwards, MD; Wesley J. Gabel, MDiv and Floyd E. Hosmer, MS, AMI. This article was revised from JAMA - The Journal of the American Medical Association, March 21, 1986,

Volume 256 and was retrieved from godandscience.org website. In this Journal, Edwards et. al. described scourging practices by the Romans around the time of Jesus’ execution.

According to Dr. Edwards and his associates, flogging was a legal preliminary to every Roman execution. The instrument normally used for flogging or scourging was short with several single or braided leather thongs of varying lengths attached to it. Customarily, small iron balls or sharp pieces of sheep bones would be tied to each thong at intervals.

In preparation for scourging, the man would be stripped of his clothing. His hands and feet would then be tied to an upright post. The man’s back, buttocks, and legs would then be flogged either by two different soldiers or by one soldier alternating his positions. The severity of the scourging that the condemned man would receive depended on the disposition of the soldiers istering the flogging. The purpose of the scourging was to weaken the victim to a state just short of collapse or death.

According to the medical journal, from a medical point of view, as the victim’s back is struck repeatedly with full force, the iron balls would cause deep contusions. Simultaneously, the leather thongs along with the sheep bones would cut into the skin and subcutaneous tissues. As the flogging continues, the lacerations would go deeper and deeper until they tear into the underlying skeletal muscles so producing quivering ribbons of bleeding flesh. The pain sustained coupled with the blood loss would generally set the stage for circulatory shock. The journal draws the conclusion that the extent of blood loss may very well determine how long the victim would survive on the cross.

I don’t know for certain how many thongs were actually tied to the whip with which Jesus was flogged. I conducted another research and found whips with thongs varying anywhere from two to twelve in number attached to the short whip. Let’s say for instance that there were three thongs attached to the whip that

was used to flog Jesus. This would mean that the number of times that a thong actually struck Jesus and dug into His tender and quivering flesh so creating deep contusions would have been three times the number of times He was struck. However many times He was struck, Jesus patiently endured it all because of His great and astounding love for us.

According to Edward et. al. in the medical journal, it was customary for the condemned man to carry his own cross from the flogging post to the site of the crucifixion just outside the city walls. Unless prohibited by local customs, the victim is usually naked. The weight of the cross is estimated to be well over 300 pounds and so only the crossbar, weighing approximately 75 pounds would be placed along the victim’ shoulders. The outstretched arm would then be tied to the crossbar.

A complete outfit of Roman military guards, headed by a centurion would lead the procession to the site of the crucifixion. One of the soldiers would carry the sign on which the condemned man’s name and crime would be written. Once they reached the site of the execution, the condemned man would be given a bitter drink of wine mixed with myrrh as a mild pain killer. Following this, the victim would then be thrown roughly to the ground on his back, his arms outstretched along the crossbar. His hands and feet would then be nailed or tied to the crossbar.

The journal further recorded that archaeological remains of a crucified body found in an Ossuary near Jerusalem and dating back to the time of Jesus, indicated that the nails used to pin the victims to the cross were tapered iron spikes approximately 5–7 inches long with a square shaft approximately 1 cm across.

In my first vision of Jesus, He had a giant-sized nail protruding from the top of each foot. These nails could very easily have been 5–7 inches in length and were very thick.

Jesus was left hanging like that upon the cross for several hours. In the middle of the day, the sixth hour, when the sun is usually right overhead and shining in its full strength, darkness fell upon the land for a period of three hours. Jesus hung there, alone in the dark with the two criminals, one a new convert, on either side of Him.

He suffered in silence as He hung condemned by His own people and left to die. After being beaten to within inches of His life, He was left hanging from a cross to which He was securely pinned, hands and feet, by giant-sized iron spikes which were plunged brutally through both His hands and His feet. The fact that Jesus was God does not mean that the pain was any less excruciating for Him. He was also fully human and His was a slow and torturous death! He received maximum punishment because of our sins. What He endured was downright inhumane!

In my first vision of Jesus in November 2011, He was standing in the clouds but He had a gigantic nail protruding from the top of each foot. In other visions, He showed me His nail-pierced hands. This current vision placed Him upon the cross, His body all bruised and bloody.

I do not doubt for a moment that He died a very horrific death indeed! He endured the torture of it all because His love for us could not allow Him to see us hurling headlong towards eternal damnation and do nothing to provide an alternative path for us. He died to create a new path for us, a path that leads to heaven and eternal paradise with Him. He died to redeem our souls from the pit of hell and to reconcile us unto Himself.

Jesus Died to Save You from Eternal Damnation

For Jesus to have subjected Himself to such inhumane brutality in order to pay the penalty for our sins tells me that without His sacrifice, our eternal damnation would have been most horrifying, incompressible, more than we could possibly endure. The shedding of His blood was our only way to escape such utter damnation. He loved us so much that He willingly made the ultimate sacrifice, the only sacrifice acceptable to God for our sins.

I pray that you will not soon forget His great sacrifice for you or the pain He suffered as His body was broken so that ours may be healed. I pray also that you will not soon forget the blood and water that came gushing out of His pierced side so that we may live eternally. I pray that you will keep them constantly in remembrance and talk about them often with others until Jesus comes again. As often as you eat the bread and drink the wine offered during communion, you celebrate this great sacrifice that He made for you. The bread represents His body which was broken for you while the wine represents His blood which was poured out for you.

In the vision, I wanted to keep the memory of Jesus upon the cross with me forever and that is why I took a picture of Him with the camera on my iPhone. I will never forget this vision of Him upon the cross or the pain mingled with love that I saw in His eyes as we made eye . I will think of it often, speak often about it with others and greatly treasure the old rugged cross forever. Because of what Jesus did for us upon this cherished old rugged cross, we have a hope for all eternity. While you will not be able to take a physical picture of Jesus upon the cross, you can always do so mentally. I am encouraging you to do just that and also to thank Him from the depth of your soul for dying in your place.

We do not need to search very far to see what the consequences of sin are and what Jesus sacrificed His life to save us from. The Bible made it very clear. The wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life. If we accept God’s gift of Himself to us, we will receive everlasting life and will live forever with Him. Anyone who does not accept His gift of eternal life will be damned for all

eternity. They will end up in a place called hell, a place that was prepared for Satan and his fallen angels, a place which burns with brimstone and fire forever and ever. This will be the complete opposite of heaven. Jesus spoke of this place to the multitudes gathered around Him.

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched— where ‘their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’ And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame, rather than having two feet, to be cast into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched— where ‘their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’ And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire— where ‘their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’ (Mark 9:43–48 NKJV)

The fact that Jesus repeated three times the phrase, ‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched’ in His description of hell, is of great significance. He repeated the phrase three times to drive home the truth and the severity of it.

There are many people today who believe that hell is not a real place and that no one will actually end up there. Some argue that our loving God would never cast someone into a lake of fire for all eternity. My Bible tells me otherwise though. In it, Jesus spoke of a real place called hell. It also teaches that many will end up there because they did not believe in the Son of God, the only One who is able to save them from eternal damnation. Jesus taught concerning the good news of the gospel, “He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned” (Mark 16:16 NKJV).

Jesus is God and He cannot lie. It is impossible for God to lie. (Hebrews 6:18). Jesus proclaimed, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the

Father except through Me” (John 14:6 NKJV). Many will end up in torment for all eternity because they rejected Jesus, the Door to eternal life.

If hell and eternal damnation were not real, why then would God bother to put His one and only Son, Jesus Christ, through such torture on the day of His crucifixion? If all those who rejected Jesus all their lives and do wickedly upon this earth will automatically end up in heaven anyway and not receive eternal damnation, why would God bother to sacrifice His only Son? Why would He bother to punish His Son whom He loves above all else, if regardless of how we live our whole lives here on earth, there is no eternal punishment?

Jesus stood in our place and took our punishment so that we may go free. He made salvation available to all but unless we believe and accept His great sacrifice, our souls will still be lost. Jesus is the only way to heaven and if we reject the hand that He extends, how can we expect to get there?

The Word of God is true and remains true whether or not we choose to believe it. “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16–17 NKJV).

Jesus taught that there is a real place called hell and so I believe it sincerely. The Bible teaches that the life that we live now is not all that there is to life. There is another life after death. As the Hebrew writer declared in Hebrews 9:27, it is appointed unto man once to die and then comes the judgment. Jesus died to give us hope, not only in this life but in the one to come and for all eternity.

Whether we believe it or not, the soul of man was created to live forever. It will exist forever either in heaven or in hell. This is made clear in the parable of the

sheep and the goats when Jesus said, “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world… “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels… And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life” (Matthew 25:31–34, 41, 46 NKJV). Those on His right will inherit everlasting life in heaven and those on His left will go away into everlasting punishment.

We read in Revelation 14:9–11 that everyone who takes the mark of the beast and worships him or his image will also be cast into everlasting damnation and will be tormented day and night forever. They will have no rest day or night! The smoke of their torment will go up forever and ever! Forever is a really long time!

May God have mercy upon all those today who worship Satan, whether openly or secretly. I pray that they will repent and turn to God while there is still hope for them. I pray that they will not go on to take the mark of the beast, the name of the Antichrist or his number because once they do, there will be no more hope for them.

If you know of anyone who is a Satan worshipper, pray for them and share the gospel of Jesus Christ with them. If they reject it then my advice to you would be that you distance yourself from them. Unless they turn away from worshipping the devil, then look to Jesus for their salvation, their end will be bitter.

I will give you another scripture where the Bible speaks clearly of eternal punishment as seen by John in his visions.

Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. (Revelation 20:7–10 NKJV)

Once again, the Bible speaks clearly of eternal damnation. Satan, the Antichrist, and the false prophet will all be tormented day and night forever!

In John’s vision, The Holy Spirit took him more than three thousand years out into the future and showed him the Great White Throne Judgment. He spoke of it in Revelation 20:11–15. This is the final judgment at the very end of time. He recorded that he saw all the dead, both small and great, come back to life and stand before the Great White Throne. All were judged according to their works which they had done while they lived on the earth. Everything that they had ever done was recorded in the books which were opened. Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire where they will be for all of eternity. This is the same lake of fire that Satan, the Antichrist and the false prophet were cast into.

Don’t forget that what John saw was a vision of things to come. The Holy Spirit who knows the complete past, present and the future all at the same time, took John out into the future and showed him what will come to at the very end of time so that he may help us to make the best decisions possible. He warned us of the danger in the way and told us how to escape it.

Those who end up in the lake of fire despite John’s warnings have no excuse at

all. John made it clear that, “The lake of fire is the second death. Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:14–15 NIV).

Jesus spoke to John in his vision saying, “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star” (Revelation 22:16 NKJV). John testified that he saw all these things in his visions. Jesus testified that He sent His angel to show him what must shortly come to at the time of the End. Their testimonies are true.

Then he said to me, “These words are faithful and true.” And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must shortly take place. “Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.” Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things. Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.” And he said to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand. (Revelation 22:6–10 NKJV)

Jesus does not want you to go to this place called hell. That is why He died to save you from such utter damnation. He died for your salvation. “Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him” (Hebrews 9:27–28 NIV).

All those who are waiting for Jesus will be in the first resurrection and will inherit eternal life. “Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of

Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years” (Revelation 20:6 NKJV). Following the second coming of Jesus, we shall reign with Him upon the earth for a thousand years but after that, we shall live and reign with Him for all eternity.

It has been made abundantly clear that there is another life after this one. The decisions you make now to accept or not accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior will determine whether you live eternally with Jesus in a heavenly paradise or spend eternity with Satan and his fallen angels in a lake of fire. The choice is yours.

Hell is a real place, and except for small children and those who are incapable due to disability of accepting Christ’s offer of salvation, all those who reject Jesus will end up there. My Bible tells me plainly that Jesus is the only way to salvation. Outside of Him, we are lost. The apostle Peter made it clear that salvation is through Jesus alone. There is no other way to heaven. “Then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’ Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:10–12 NIV).

You might ask the question, “So what about the Jews who still do not believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God?” Will they all perish? I will respond to you from Paul’s letter to the Romans:

I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, “L

ORD , they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”? But what does the divine response say to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. Now if their fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!

You will say then, “Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.” Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; For this is My covenant with them, when I take away their sins.” Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers. For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. (Romans 11:1–6, 11–12, 19–29 NKJV)

Paul was abundantly clear in saying that God has not totally cut off the Jewish people. A remnant of them is being saved every day, not because of any works that they have done, but because of God’s wonderful grace. Because of their unbelief, salvation came to us Gentiles but God is able to graft them in again at any time. Once the time that is allotted to the Gentiles is fulfilled, God will once again extend His hand to the Jews and will completely remove sin from among them. From that point on, they will all dwell in righteousness forever.

Let us keep the Jewish people in our prayers always and do not condemn them. Salvation came to us Gentiles through them and they are still precious and dearly beloved in the eyes of God.

I pray that all will welcome the little children in the name of the Lord and train them up in the ways of God. The kingdom of heaven belongs to them. Jesus bids us to bring the little children to Him for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

This truth was further cemented for me several months ago when my daughter, Ashley, shared with me additional details from a vision she had of Jesus when she was only four years old. I spoke of this in an earlier chapter. Ashley had told me at the age of four that Jesus took her up to heaven in a dream to see her sister who had died as a baby. Several months ago, she told me that during this dream, Jesus gave them a very large room with their names written above the door. He also gave each of them a white garment to wear and told them that even if they spill anything on these garments while playing, they will still be white.

Jesus said in His letter to the angel of the church in Sardis, “He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels” (Revelation 3:5 NKJV). The fact that Jesus gave each of my two daughters a white garment to wear and told them that even if they spill anything

on them while playing, they will still be white, tells me that their eternal home in heaven is secure. The kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

Ashley had this vision long before she invited Jesus into her heart. Even now she is too young to understand the significance of the white garments that they were given to wear. All she knows is that she and her sister have a very large room in heaven with their names written above the door and that someday soon, she will go to heaven and will live with Jesus for all eternity. Ashley knew who Jesus was long before this vision because her dad and I started to teach her about Jesus long before she was old enough to understand who He is. My prayer is that all parents of little children will do the same because the Kingdom of heaven belongs to these little children and to all those who will humble themselves before God like little children.

Whether you believe it or not, I do not want to see anyone perish for all eternity. For that reason, I have spent countless hours travailing and praying for the souls of the unsaved. My desire is to see everyone look to Jesus and His great sacrifice upon the cross and be saved from their sins and from eternal condemnation. However, God gave each of us free will. He then placed in front of us two paths and told us clearly what is at the end of each pathway. The one leads to everlasting life and the other leads to everlasting condemnation. He advised us to choose the path that leads to life that we may live.

We have the power within us to choose heaven and life and turn away from the path that leads to destruction. I pray that God will give you wisdom so that you may make the right choice for yourself. Jesus did not come to condemn you but to save you but if you reject Him and the lifeline that He is extending to you, there is nothing that anyone will be able to do for you. There is a consequence or a reward for every action we take. The power is within you to choose to make Jesus Lord of your life. No one else can do it for you. Rejecting Jesus’ offer of salvation can be compared to an individual who, upon reaching the edge of a cliff and seeing the precipice far below, steps off the cliff anyway and plunges headlong to his sure death thousands of feet below.

The Bible tells us that the fires of hell will never be quenched. This remains true whether you believe it or not. Jesus said in the parable of the sheep and the goats, “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me’” (Matthew 25:41–43 NIV). The lake of fire was prepared for the devil and his angels but unfortunately, a lot of people will end up there because they do not believe on the One who is able to save them from it.

There will be varying degrees of punishments handed out on Judgment Day because all will be judged according to their works which are written in the books which will be opened. Be very mindful of what you do because it is being recorded in these books. The ones with the greater sin will receive the greater condemnation but the bottom line is that all unsaved, whether they were rich or poor, king or queen, black or white, famous or not famous, will be cast into the lake of fire and all will burn for all eternity.

Jesus said to the Scribes and Pharisees, “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation” (Matthew 23:13–14 NKJV).

The greater your sin, the greater your condemnation will be unless you repent and turn to God while there is still life in your body. No matter how vile a sinner you may be, if you repent and turn to God while the breath is still in your body, He will pardon you. He will forgive you of all your sins and cleanse you from all unrighteousness. If you make the decision not to repent and you die without inviting Jesus into your heart, you will be condemned for all eternity.

Try not to live your life like the Scribes and Pharisees who claim to be righteous but their actions speak otherwise. Your lifestyle will always reflect your inner convictions. Be honest with yourself and with God and try not to pretend to be someone you are not. Don’t live one way in the eyes of the public and a different life in secret. This will not help you on the Day of Judgment. Don’t try to impress your friends, family, neighbor, church family or anybody else. Don’t try to impress God either. You will not be able to pull the wool over His eyes. He sees your heart. He knows who you are. Just be real. Be honest with yourself and with God. In the final analysis, that is all that really matters.

Faking it will not help you. Don’t give to impress others. Don’t do good deeds just so others may think good of you. Don’t stand in judgment of others. Don’t pretend to forgive when you are really bitter in your heart against your neighbor. None of that is going to help you on Judgment Day. Jesus prophesied, “Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’” (Matthew 7:22–23 NIV).

Get real my dear friend. Get rid of the mask. Bare your soul to God now and ask Him to purify your heart, your soul, and your mind and make you anew. Ask Him for the new birth in Him. Nothing else will save your soul from eternal damnation!

Many people would rather not hear about hell but it is a reality that we all need to deal with sooner or later. Those who are wise will face the reality of it now by making the only wise decision there is. That decision is to grab onto the lifeline that Jesus is extending. Those who fail to do this now will face the reality of hell later, only then it may be too late for them to escape it.

I do not take any pleasure whatsoever in sharing these harsh truths with you. It is very tortuous for me just to think about it or to picture all those souls reaching up out of the lake of fire and crying out for mercy only for there to be no one to rescue them. It would be too late and all mercy would have been gone. This scene torments me continually and for that reason, I spend lots of time on a daily basis praying for the souls of all those who still do not know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. I pray that God will draw them, will soften their hearts to receive Him and give them the grace to repent and turn away from their sins.

I pray that once Jesus makes all things new, and that eternal Day begins, that the saints will have no memory of those who did not make it into heaven. Otherwise, I would be forever tormented when I all those poor lost souls burning forever and ever in a lake of brimstone and fire with no hope of ever escaping it. If only I had been able to reach them while there was still breath in their bodies, I might have been able to share with them the good news of salvation. I might have been able to let them know how much Jesus loves them and how much He wants to save them from eternal damnation. I might have been able to demonstrate the love of God in some way. They might have been able to look into my eyes and see the tender reflection of God’s love and it might have softened their hearts and convince them to give Jesus a chance to make their lives anew.

I have shed a lot of tears as I have grieved for those poor lost souls. My heart bleeds every day for the souls of the unsaved and I pray earnestly that they will make it in before it is too late. Even now as I write, the tears flow freely as I grieve for all those whose names are not written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. For the chance of winning even one lost soul to Christ, I am willing to endure the torture of delving into these bitter truths in order to enlighten you and to help you make the right decision. This is a matter of life or death. I pray that you will choose life so that you will be able to escape such a horrifying fate. Call upon Jesus now! All those who call upon the name of the Lord will be saved.

Because of Adam’s disobedience, the whole human race was plunged into sin

which is punishable by death. Unless you accept God’s gift of His Son, Jesus, as a penalty for your sins, your soul will be lost forever. Jesus came to show you a way out. With His own blood, He paid the penalty of sins for you and for the whole world. Today, He is saying to you, “If you look to me, you will live and not die.” It would be very foolish not to accept such a great gift, such a great sacrifice! There is no greater love and no greater gift than this.

If you heard the gospel of Jesus Christ even once, you have no excuse. Even if you have never heard the gospel, you still will be without excuse because creation itself tells you that there is a God. Paul taught, “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse” (Romans 1:20 NIV).

Open your eyes and look all around you. This world did not create itself! It did not explode into existence like the Big Bang Theory teaches. Think about it. There has to be a Supreme Being behind such wonderful and enchanting creations! You have a duty to find out who this Supreme Being is and give Him the glory and honor due to His Holy Name.

Our God Most High revealed His great omnipotence to Job when He asked, “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?” (Job 38:4–7 NKJV).

If you have never heard of the gospel, you will be judged according to your God given conscience. Paul taught, “Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it. They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing

right. And this is the message I proclaim—that the day is coming when God, through Christ Jesus, will judge everyone’s secret life” (Romans 2:14–16 NLT).

Choose Jesus Today so You May Live.

There is absolutely nothing in this world that you can give in exchange for your soul. If you lose your own soul, then you would have lost everything and it would have been better for you if you had never been born. “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23 NIV).

If you have not yet repented of your sins, save yourself by choosing Jesus today. There is danger and death in delay. Jesus is urging you to reach out to Him and grab hold of the hand He is extending to you so that He may be able to save you from the destruction that lies ahead. He is the only one who is able to save you. I implore you to listen to the voice of our loving Savior as He calls out to you, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28 NIV).

Make Jesus Lord of your life today by hopping off the train you are on and leaping into the loving arms of our wonderful Savior. Jesus is our only hope and the only way to heaven. Listen to Him as He so very gently entreats, “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:9–10 NKJV).

Imagine walking hand-in-hand with the King of kings, the great mastermind behind all of creation, the God who turned water into wine, walked on water,

made the lame walk, raised the dead, cleansed the leper, and healed all kinds of sicknesses and diseases! Imagine walking hand-in-hand with the One who has the power to give life as well as to take it away, the God who holds your life in His hands! Imagine walking hand-in-hand with the God who holds in His hands the fountain of youth and the keys to eternal life and who has power over death and the grave, the God who defeated Satan and all his hosts! This is the reality of every child of God! Jesus promised to be with us always, to lead us and to guide us continually. He promised never to leave us nor forsake us. Every child of God has the confidence that Jesus, the great King of kings, walks with him or her always.

Most people get so excited whenever they hear that the Queen of England and/or any member of her royal family or any other royalty for that matter, are scheduled to visit their neighborhood or anywhere within a hundred miles of where they live or work. People on a whole would do almost anything just to see and be seen with these royalties and to shake hands with them.

A great number of individuals go out of their way just to attend a meeting in which the President of the United States or any other distinguished person is scheduled to speak. They get very excited when their famous movie star or any popular entertainer is scheduled to appear or perform in an area near them. They make every effort to be seen in their presence, and to have their pictures taken with these privileged and famous individuals as a keepsake to such a monumental event in their lives. of the Roman Catholic Church have so much adoration for their pope and their bishops and there is very little that they would not do to please them, to spend time with them or be seen in their presence.

Well, someone whose wisdom, glory, power, fame and immeasurable riches by far outshine the richest, most famous and most powerful of all people, walked among us in the person of Jesus Christ, yet He was not and is not highly esteemed by all. He was born in a lowly manger, stripped of all His glory, but this did not make Him any less God. He willingly left His great splendor and

glory in heaven to seek and to find His lost sheep.

He was bruised for us. He bore our sins in His body when He was nailed to the cross but now, having risen from the dead, He has ascended to heaven in clouds of glory and is now seated at the right hand of God, highly exalted above all the earth and above all the angels in heaven. Though we cannot see Him, He is very much alive in our midst today and is continually working among us to fulfill all prophecies and the will of God. He is Jesus, our King, our Creator, our Lord and Savior, the promised Messiah of Israel, yet He is given little or no recognition by a large percentage of earth’s population.

Jesus has power and authority over the heavens and the earth, the sun, the moon, the stars, the wind, the storm clouds, the seas, the volcanoes, the rivers, the waterfalls, the animals in the field, the birds of the air, the fish in the sea, mankind and every living and nonliving thing in all of creation. He is worthy indeed of great recognition and to be highly esteemed above all kings, above all gods, above all nations, and above all heavens. He alone is worthy of all our praise! He is worthy indeed of the esteemed position of Lord and Master of our lives because all power is in His hands. “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth” (Matthew 28:18 KJV).

We are absolutely nothing without Jesus. He holds our lives in His hands! He holds the lives of all royalties, all dignitaries, all privileged upper class citizens, those with great fame and fortune, as well as the lives of the poor, the underprivileged in society, the meek, the lowly, the good, the bad, the criminals, and the lonely. Someday, we all will bow before Him! “It is written: ‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God’” (Romans 14:11 NIV).

We all will someday give an to God of how we spent our time here on earth. Our status in life will not come into play at all. It will have no influence with God. All are equal in God’s eyes. He does not show favoritism. (Acts

10:34). The attitude of our hearts towards God and how we treat others around us are what will matter.

Choose Jesus today and you will find strength to stand in the evil days. Clothe yourself with the righteousness of God and you will live and reign with Him for all eternity. A final word of encouragement from the apostle Paul:

Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places. Therefore, put on every piece of God’s armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm. Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness. For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared. In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil. Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere. (Ephesians 6:10–18 NLT)

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