Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Draw the Line

So this post is not intended to scare anyone or make people think that the end is here but Ravi made some statements last night that have pretty compelling evidence that the end times are near. Ravi has heard that a man who has gone around the world denouncing Christ is coming to America this fall and he is going to unbaptize people. Sounds pretty crazy if you ask me but if people come forward, they are blotting their name out of the book of life and essentially saying that they want no part in Christ. This is because being baptized is a formal confession of Christ in your life and saying that you have died to your self and have risen in a new form as a follower of him. Personally I think that the idea of unbaptizing people is absolutely absurd and it would be crazy for anyone to even think about going through with something like this. Then I thought about how things would be in the last days and how people will be coerced into turning from God because they have not rooted themselves in their beliefs and they have not pursued the type of relationship they need with him in order to sustain what they have. Our world is going to experience things they have never experienced and things will get worse before they get better. This is why we need to prepare and denounce things such as unbaptizing people because the wrath of God will be soon to follow at this rate.

You may wonder where I am getting these ideas and wonder if I am just saying that this unbaptization is bad because obviously it means that people are turning away from God. We see in Revelation 13 in the section titled, "The Beast out of the Earth" that the beast will deceive the people of the earth and he will give the first beast the power to kill all those who do not worship his image. Then it goes on to talk about the mark of the beast which is man's number 666. Without this mark, people will be unable to do simple things such as buying groceries unless they have the mark. I believe that this unbaptizing process is just the beginning of the deception that people are going to be subject too and it is all leading to the eventual rapture and then the appearance of the beast and the creation of the mark. In the previous section, "The Beast out of the sea, there is a message given to those who are still here and have turned to the Lord. In Chapter 13 verse 9, it is stated, "He who has an ear, let him hear. If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword he will be killed. This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints." Times are growing dark and the future looks rather grim but now is not the time to panic for the Kingdom of heaven is near, for now is the time that we should do all that we can and stand up for Christ because the people need us now more than ever. People are going to make choices one way or the other that affect them for the rest of eternity. We do not know the day or the hour but all things point to the sky as we should always be watching and listening to the guidance of God so that we can stand firm. We must take action for sitting around is not going to get anything done, we must work collectively to get things done.

I hope everyone is doing awesome and I hope that you have all had a great day. I am excited for what God is doing and am anxious to see where he is going to move next. One day at a time though as we are never promised tomorrow. Cling to the hope that is Christ and never lose hope. I am continuing to pray for you and hope that all is well in your lives.

God Bless,
Joseph Robinson

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