Jesus Is Coming Soon!
Jesus is coming soon
The great rebellion
Satan's retaliation
God's eternal plan
The plan of redemption
The prayer of salvation
Isn't being a good person enough?
If you miss the Rapture
The Second Coming and end of history
Jesus is coming soon to take his church home to be with Him through a time of great warfare and distress called the Tribulation. If you want to be part of this great escape to Heaven and not part of the seven years of horror and death soon to come, you need to be saved. Why this is so is because of a great war in Heaven that took place about 6000 years ago.
The great rebellion
The God that created the universe that contains our Earth once created a host of angels to live in the Third Heavenlies with Him. This is a place that exists beyond the outer space, the Second Heavenlies, that we can see when we look up at the sky at night. One angel, named Lucifer, was particularly beautiful and talented and was promoted to be the chief of the heavenly host. However, his success went to his head. He decided that he was too wonderful to serve God and should be God himself! Lucifer deceived one third of the other angels into following him in a war against God. Of course, this failed and Lucifer, now called Satan, and his followers got kicked out of the Third Heavenlies down to the Second Heavenlies.
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Satan's retaliation
Satan decided to continue the war against God. With his troops in the Second Heavenlies unless God permitted any of them to come into His presence, Satan decided to attack God by attacking a newly created race of beings on the Earth, namely, us! God created us in His image to be His children, and nothing hurts a Father like hurting His children. So, for the past 6000 years, Satan and his fallen angels have been trying to hurt us any way they could. Satan started by convincing Adam and Eve to rebel against God in the Garden of Eden. He's been going around like a roaring lion seeking to devour their offspring ever since.
God had already experienced the pain of having his finest angel and one third of the heavenly host turn against Him, and now His newly created children had joined the rebellion. However, in His infinte wisdom, God had foreseen this event even before the creation of the Earth. God had already devised a plan to show all His creatures why His way of doing things was the best and why Satan's ways always lead to the destruction of anyone who follows them. Satan's lawless ways are what we call "sin."
God wants His children to be wise and make good decisions that promote everyone's well being, but He wants them to do it of their own free will. God does not want robots, slaves, or prisoners. That is why He planted the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden. It was mankind's test to see if they would choose Good, by obeying Him, or choose Evil, by disobeying Him and showing it by eating the fruit for all the watching heavenly angels on both sides of the war to see. He wanted everyone to see what their choice was by their actions as well as their words. Unfortunately for us all, they chose Evil, and we have been paying the price for their bad decision ever since. Their choice introduced sin into this world, and with it death, suffering, and all the evils that befall us.
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The plan of redemption
God had a plan already established to redeem us before the creation of Earth. His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, had already agreed to pay the price for our redemption back into the family of God even before the first humans were created. He knew full well that treason against God demanded the death penalty, and he knew that he was going to have to pay for the treason committed by millions of humans to be born on Earth. But God loves his children so much that Jesus was willing to die to redeem us.
God wants it to be clear to everyone just what sin is and why He hates it so much. He never wants another war like the one Satan started by his sinful choices. The Old Testament Hebrews were reminded with every sacrifice of an innocent lamb for their sins of the awfulness of sin. It pointed to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, for the sins of the whole world. He died on the cross to redeem us all, and then rose from the dead three days later in confirmation of His victory.
All you have to do is accept that sacrifice on your behalf, and your sins will be paid for in full. You will be adopted into God's family as one of His children. It is totally your choice to accept or refuse. You have to sincerely acknowledge that sin is bad and agree to turn from it of your own will. God won't force you to join His family.
However, because of Adam's and Eve's treason, you were born into Satan's kingdom, and if you don't ask God to adopt you, you will remain in Satan's kingdom. God decreed that Satan would have 6000 years to rule on Earth so that the nature of sin could be seen. That 6000 years is nearly over. Jesus will be coming soon to take His redeemed children to Heaven before the final phase of the war between God and Satan takes place, called the Tribulation. Anyone who has heard this gospel and refused it will be condemned to go through this seven years of horror, and then through a far worse horror of the Lake of Fire for eternity. It means eternal separation from God and his family with no hope of escape. Only a lucky few will be redeemed out of the Tribulation. Most people will be deceived by a charismatic world leader called the Antichrist in the Bible, and will be led by him to eternal destruction.
Now is the day of salvation. Pray this prayer, and you will be saved. God promised it to anyone who would come to Him, and Jesus has already paid the price for you.
Dear God, I'm sorry for my sins and I ask You to forgive them. Jesus Christ paid the price for my sins to redeem me. Please adopt me into Your heavenly family. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
That's all there is to it. You don't have to do anything else. Jesus took care of it all, no matter what has happened in your life. God loves you and wants you to join His family. Please, make this most important decision of your life now!
Isn't being a good person enough?
I'm afraid not. The kingdom of God is not a philosopical concept. It is a real place with a real government, a monarchy whose human citizens have as king the Lord Jesus Christ. In order to become a citizen in His kingdom, you have to turn from your sins and swear allegiance and obedience to Him and His Father of your own free will.
For example, Mother Teresa was one of the most godly people to have lived on the Earth, but she wasn't a citizen of the United States. To have become a citizen, she would have had to apply successfully for citizenship and sworn allegiance to the United States government, disavowing any loyalty to her old country. You have to make the same kind of application for citizenship in heaven and swear allegiance to King Jesus to become a citizen of His kingdom. Only people who can't knowledgeably make this declaration, like very young children, are exempt.
If you are reading this after Jesus has taken his Church to Heaven, an event Christians call the Rapture, you still have a chance to join us in Heaven if you will believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. There will be new children welcomed into the kingdom, but you will have to go through the Tribulation. There is no guarantee that you will not physically die in it, but you will always have eternal life. Just pray the same prayer.
The Second Coming and end of history
At the end of the seven years, Jesus will return on a snow white stallion, leading His troops to end the war. He will confine His enemies for 1000 years to await their final judgment while He rules over His kingdom on Earth.
At the end of the 1000 years, Satan will be released to start one last war to show how he has never repented of his sins and what would happen if all his followers were ever released from their final prison. The people who were living during that 1000 years had to behave in a godly manner whether they really wanted to or not, and those who did so against their wills will join Satan in his last war against God, even though they will have experienced the good of being under Christ's rule.
After his final defeat, the final judgments will be passed and Satan and his followers will be confined in the Lake of Fire forever. God will create a new heavens and a new earth where His children will live in love and peace as they were meant to.
That is the choice you have for your eternity, Heaven and life or Hell and death. Please choose wisely and accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior today!
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Last update: May 13, 2005