WHERE YOU LIVE FOREVER IS YOUR CHOICE

During the month of September, I had the privilege of teaching the Book of Revelation for a Powerhouse Bible study. Midway through my presentation of the last class, I stopped and invited people who had not accepted Jesus as their Savior to do so. I did this due to the information I shared about the twenty-one judgments that would occur during the tribulation. If people understood what was going to happen prayerfully, they would make the right decision.

I am one of the individuals who believe the church’s rapture is imminent. As far as I can see, things are in place, and the signs of the times verify this to me. Jesus told His disciples in Matthew 24:4-7 “Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.” In 2 Timothy 3:1-5, Paul also told Timothy, “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.” The events and attitude of people, as stated by Jesus and Paul, is readily seen in today’s society; therefore, people do not have time to lollygag.

At the White Throne’s judgment, everyone, small and great, will become immortal, and the question of where they will spend eternity will be determined. According to Revelation 20:15, if a person’s name is not found in the Book of Life, they will be cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone in which the antichrist, false prophet, and devil that deceived people from the beginning of time were already cast (Revelation 19:20; 20:10). Some have stated that an unbeliever’s spirit would be placed in the lake of fire and not an actual live person; however, the Bible repudiates this notion in Revelation 19:20.

 As revealed in Revelation 20:10 and Matthew 24:51, 25:30, 46, the lake of fire is a place of torment day and night forever. I don’t want to go there, and I suspect others feel the same; thus, I close this blog doing what I did midway through my presentation. If you haven’t done so already, I invite you to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior. This is the greatest decision you will make in your life; the choice is yours, and it will determine where you will live forever.